Article: E-waste recycling at risk ; Electronic Industries Alliance is challenging Maine's law charging manufacturers for recycling electronic waste.

JOHN RICHARDSON By JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
06-18-2008
E-waste recycling at risk ; Electronic Industries Alliance is challenging Maine's law charging manufacturers for recycling electronic waste.
Byline: JOHN RICHARDSON By JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Local & State
Type: News

Maine's program for recycling old TVs and computer monitors has been copied by other states and praised by environmentalists for keeping lead, mercury and other toxins out of landfills and incinerators.

But an electronics industry group says the program violates a federal transportation law. And it is asking the federal government to strike down key ...

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