http://publicbroadcasting.net/wpsu/news.newsmainaction=article&ARTICLE_ID=1161830§ionID=1
by Steve Biddle
WPSU-PRCN (2007-10-08) In 2009, all television broadcasting in the United States will switch to digital transmission. And that means the state's landfills are likely to fill up quickly with obsolete TVs. Even now, about 80% of the Commonwealth's elctronic waste -- computers TVs, DVD players -- goes to landfills. And according to experts, that poses threats to human health and the environment.
Legislation has been proposed in the senate (Senate BIll 1115) which would tack a fee, between 6 and 10 dollars, onto the purchase of new computers and TVs to pay for recycling those older models.
But not everyone thinks that's such a good idea.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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