I was reading this law and it is far crazier than it sounds.
This article is very misleading as to the complexity and ease of getting rid of the stuff.
In the past you could just drop this stuff off at a recycle center that handled it and be done with it. No charge.
Now you are supposed to contact the manufacturer and make arrangements with them. Of course you can imagine that many manufactures are no longer in business or are not set up to do this.
If you try to just drop it off at a recycle center then they can charge you for it(according to the state). It was free.
The law is so complicated that it is really impossible to figure out. The law is as complicated as ObamaCare. Anyone who can figure it out...Good luck....Here is a link to the law... You need to follow other links at this link to try to understand any of it:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/65583.html
Of course the way it should be is that you drop the stuff off at certain locations and those locations deal with the manufacturers if need be. The state should set up rules with them as to how to handle what is dropped off. The only regulation and hassle for the consumer should be to drop the stuff off and be done with it. Which is basically the way it was. Now no one is going to want to recycle at all. The state has turned recycling into a royal cluster....
Also while some items you would think are covered don’t seem to be while other items that are covered are absurd and it easy to the law was made by politicians who have “feelings”, but no common sense.
For instance, If you want to get rid of an old computer mouse then they go to great extremes to make sure the mouse Cord is covered. Yet many appliances and devices are not included in the law. Good luck figuring it all out.
In PA, stores like Best Buy will accept old electronics (like old TV and computer monitors) and recycle them for you.
You have to wonder if the law wasn’t written by Waste Management or some similar large rent-seeking corporation that will profit from that mess.