Re: {S"toonHenHouse} [S'toonHenHouse] SARCAN to start electronics recycling February 1

On 1/18/07, Scott Walde <scott@waldetech.ca> wrote:

> >there will be no charge to drop off any of these units at SARCAN Recycling.
> >There is no refund or deposit for these items.
> >
> No, but you _will_ be paying for this up front. Starting February 1st,
> there is a new tax of between $5 and $45 on many new electronics. (oh,
> sorry, did I say tax? I should have said levy.)
>
> What bugs me most about this whole deal is that eWaste Canada in Regina
> has been doing this for _years_ already, _without_ requiring a tax on
> new electronics. (oops, I did it again.)

Ugh! I didn't realize there was a nasty catch :(

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/12/04/ewaste.html

"A desktop computer bundled with a monitor and printer will come with
a $30 fee, while a computer tower by itself will have a $10 fee. The
levy for laptops is $5. For TVs, the size of the levy depends on the
size of the TV and will range from $15 to $45."

CK
Received on Sat Jan 20 01:00:00 2007