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State Summary Covered Devices Effective Date
New Hampshire HB 1455 prohibits disposing of CRTs. July 1, 2007
video display devices in solid
waste landfills or incinerators. PART I
North Carolina S 1492 requires manufacturers Desktops, laptops, monitors, January 1, 2009
PART I
PART I
to pay for the transportation and keyboards, and mice.
recycling costs for covered devices
from collection sites.
Oregon HB 2626 requires manufacturers TVs, monitors, personal January 1, 2009
of CEDs to participate in recycling computers, and laptops.
programs and provide collection
sites for e-waste. Manufacturers
pay for the program, based on how
much they sell in Oregon.
Rhode Island S 2509 bans electronics from Desktops, laptops, monitors July 1, 2008
landfills. (both CRT and flat screen),
The law will require the Department plasma televisions, and “any
of Environmental Management and similar video display device
stakeholders to develop the plan with a screen greater than
for collecting, recycling, or reusing four inches diagonally and
covered products. that contains a circuit board.”
Texas HB 2714 requires manufacturers Desktops, laptops, and September 1,
of electronic devices to pay for monitors. 2008
the collection, transportation, and
recycling of covered devices.
Manufacturers can also set up
their own recycling programs.
Washington SB 6428 will require TVs, monitors, laptops, and January 1, 2009
manufacturers to produce and desktop computers.
finance an e-waste recycling
program.
The measure also encourages
manufacturers to design products
that are less toxic and recyclable.

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Canada
Canada is managing e-waste in a way similar to the European Union’s Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. The goal is to reduce the amount of electronic
waste going into the general household waste stream.
Environment Canada (the Canadian equivalent of the U.S. EPA) has noted that more
than 140,000 tons of used electronics go into Canadian landfills each year.