Dive summary:
- A bill has been proposed in West Virginia that would repeal a two-year old ban on allowing e-waste in state landfills.
- Proponents of the bill say it's too difficult for some municipalities to keep the e-waste separate from other landfill-bound trash and find someone else to pick up and recycle the material.
- Some waste haulers have complained that they have to pay for the material to be picked up but they receive no benefit or financial reward from the electronics.
From the article:
Kanawha County Engineer John Luoni said the county pays $17,500 each year to dispose of electronic waste collected during its seven "county cleanups." The county pays Electronics Recycling of Ohio to take the devices and properly dispose of them.
Luoni said the county doesn't have much choice. It either coughs up the cash for proper disposal, or residents might just dump their electronics illegally.
Rod Watkins, a member of Kanawha County's Solid Waste Authority, said the authority has had a difficult time finding a recycler to process its e-waste. ...
