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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 708

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE STURLA

Printer's No. 787

Amend Bill, page 13, line 7, by inserting after "share."

Any such joint plan must meet the same requirements

applicable to the plan of an individual manufacturer.

Amend Bill, page 13, lines 10 through 28, by striking out all

of said lines and inserting

(1)  Collection, handling and recycling or reuse of

electronic waste pursuant to the laws of this Commonwealth in

a manner convenient to consumers. The following acceptance

methods shall be considered reasonably convenient:

(i)  Mail or ship back return programs.

(ii)  Collection or acceptance events conducted by

the manufacturer or the manufacturer's agent or designee,

including events conducted through local governments or

private parties.

(iii)  Fixed acceptance locations, such as dedicated

acceptance sites operated by the manufacturer or its

agent or designee.

(iv)  Agreements with municipalities, retail stores,

sales outlets and not-for-profit organizations which have

agreed to provide facilities for the collection of

electronic waste.

(v)  Community collection events.

(vi)  Any combination of these or other acceptance

methods which effectively provide for the acceptance of

electronic waste for recycling or reuse through means

that are available and reasonably convenient to consumers

in this Commonwealth.

At a minimum, the manufacturer shall ensure that all

municipalities which have a population of at least 10,000

have at least one method of acceptance that is available

within the municipality. The department may establish

additional requirements to ensure convenient collection from

consumers.

(2)  Information on how consumers can destroy all data on

any electronic waste, either through physical destruction of

the hard drive or through data wiping.

(3)  A public education program to inform consumers about

the manufacturer's electronic waste acceptance program,

including at a minimum:

(i)  An Internet website, a toll-free telephone

number and written information included in the product

manual for, or at the time of sale of, covered electronic

devices that provide sufficient information to allow a

consumer of covered electronic devices to learn how to

return the covered electronic devices for recycling or

reuse and, in the case of manufacturers of computers,

hard drives and other covered electronic devices that

have internal memory on which personal or other

confidential data can be stored, the Internet website

shall provide instructions for how consumers can destroy

the data before surrendering the devices for recycling or

reuse.

(ii)  Advertisements and press releases, if any.