California congressman tackles toxic trade in new bill

California congressman tackles toxic trade in new bill

Introduced early this week, HR 2284, the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act of 2011, aims to prohibit exportation of restricted electronics containing toxic material.

The legislation would add a section to the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to control hazardous waste. It would allow the agency to ban exportation of restricted electronic equipment, defined by its concentrations of certain hazardous metals.

So far 25 states have passed e-waste-recycling legislation, including California, but these laws do not ban exports, a trade

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