National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again

ThinSkin writes "Two U.S. Representatives have proposed a bill to resuscitate a national recycling program for electronic waste, following the successful launch of two state-run programs. The bill would create the National Computer Recycling Act, and if approved by Congress and signed into law, would tack on a $10 administrative fee to the sale price of computers and monitors to fund recycling efforts."

Re:What's a computer?

[krisp]

$10 more for a computer or monitor? Come on guys, thats beer money. Are you really going to let big brother raise your taxes to fund earth-friendly programs? As long as there is oil in our nature preserves, who cares!

Recycle this!

[Anonymous Coward]

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Apple's gonna be screwed

[ratnerstar]

Who wants to buy a $509 Mini?

Hmm

[jbb999]

"I know, lets's put a tax on computers!" "Hmmm, but nobody is going to accept that!" "We could tell them it's all for the environment and good for them!" "But nobody will believe that...." "They seem to believe in thie global warming we keep hyping up as an excuse for all kinds of new taxes." "Hehe, yeah!"

AOL CDs

[Anonymous Coward]

I think the bill should be expanded to force AOL to pay a $.10 recycle fee for every unsolicited CD they send out.

Re:What's a computer?

[BlueTooth]

In other news, the official layman's unit for measuring silicon is now beer bottles, joining football fields as the lay unit of length and football stadiums as the lay unit of volume.