Electronics eco-fees hit Quebec

Posted on September 26, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste News

Electronics eco-fees hit Quebec | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine.

 

If an Environmental Handling Fee (EHF) can be charged to the purchaser up front for electronic items so it helps pay for their better disposal after being discarded then why can’t the same be applied to plastic items.   Think of all the jobs this would create.

The story above shows that only 10 cents is the EHF for a mobile phone, that seems far too low to allow anything to be done as far as recourse recovery from a discarded phone.