Question for our UK Friends.

[SlowlySinking]

Seems to me I read or heard about this somewhere, please help me out. <br /><br />Is it true that in England they have a recycling program for TV's whereby you pay a fee when you buy the TV and the money funds a factory where old TV's are dismantled to eliminate the hazardous parts (lead, etc) from hitting the land fills? <br /><br />If this is true what other consumer items are part of this recycling program? Thanks, Ken

 

[88spl]

Re: Question for our UK Friends.

Its true no doughty, the British are known for there tidiness aren’t they? Round here, shucks they quit picking up separated, plastics, glass, paper, shame.

 

[SlowlySinking]

Re: Question for our UK Friends.

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[CalicoKid]

Re: Question for our UK Friends.

Germany is doing the same thing. Fee is charged to the maker. Makes the manufacturers responsible for the disposal of whatever they're making. The cost is passed to the consumer of the item instead of their grandchildren. We have plenty of places to throw our trash whereas small densely populated countries like England and Germany do not. I like these programs, wish we had some voluntary programs like this (I said VOLUNTARY you alarmist anti-everythingers!) since we use a TV for ten years and throw it in a hillside where it sits for a thousand years.