Lone Star State Launches Mandatory Takeback Rules

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas this month has become the fourth state to require electronics recycling for all computers and some peripherals.

The state's Commission on Environmental Quality has launched a website -- http://www.recycletexasonline.org/ -- to help find recyclers for desktop and laptop computers, computer monitors, and keyboards and mice.

Designed to encourage residents to recycle more electronics as well as ease the cost burden of e-waste recycling on local governments, the law says that any manufacturer, from the largest to the smallest, needs to register with the TCEQ in order to sell products in the state.

"It doesn't matter where the computers are made, whether it's a foreign or domestic company, if you sell your computer in Texas, you have to provide free, convenient recycling," Robin Schneider, executive director of the Texas Campaign for the Environment, told the Houston Chronicle.

Although the law only covers individual and small business users, by spurring awareness and demand for electronics recycling, the law will likely help boost overall e-waste recycling in the state.

It's been a busy week for e-waste and electronics recycling. On Wednesday, the General Accounting Office took the EPA to task for failing to regulate the export and processing of toxic e-waste, and the House and Senate followed the release of the report by taking the issue up for discussion.

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