States Seek EPA Help On Policy, Other Barriers To Electronics Recycling

摘要

State electronics recycling program managers are calling on EPA to assist states and industry in addressing regulatory, market and other barriers preventing the recycling of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and limiting states' ability to regulate CRT recycling, saying the issues now facing CRTs could apply to other products in the future. EPA has met with members of the Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse (ERCC) to discuss some of the issues but has yet to agree to a formal stakeholder dialogue, according to sources. Among the reasons states want the talks is their concern about the lack of clarity on who can enforce CRT regulations, especially when CRTs are moved across state lines, and on the differences in state landfill disposal limitations, an ERCC source says.