EU retailers to recycle electronics
EU rules that go into effect today will force retailers to take back used electric and electronic goods for recycling when selling similar products.The law covers one of the fastest growing waste problems in the European Union and aims at recycling 80 percent of white goods and 75 percent of information technology equipment. Both European and third-country producers are to pick up the bill for the collecting, retrieving and treating electro-scrap, the European Commission said Thursday. The directive requires that electronic products be labeled with a crossed-out trashcan to illustrate that throwing out devices that contain heavy metals is environmentally hazardous.
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