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HB 344 Computer Recovery and Recycling Act; adoption and implementation of recovery plan.

Introduced by: Kenneth R. Plum | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Computer Recovery and Recycling Act; penalties. Requires the manufacturer of more than 500 items of computer equipment to adopt and implement a recovery plan providing for the reasonably convenient collection, recycling, and reuse of computer equipment returned by a consumer in the Commonwealth. The manufacturer must also affix a permanent, readily visible label to the computer equipment with the manufacturer's brand before a manufacturer may offer computer equipment for sale in the Commonwealth. Examples of collection methods meeting the recovery plan requirements in this Act include (i) a system by which the consumer may return the computer equipment free of charge; (ii) a system using a physical collection site; or (iii) a system using collection events at which the consumer may return computer equipment. Each manufacturer must annually report on the weight of computer equipment collected, recycled, and reused during the preceding calendar year.


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