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

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 12:59:48AM -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote:
> 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."

While local vendors are legally mandated to collect the fee, what about
mail-order vendors with no Saskatchewan presence such as Dell or NCIX?

In particular, Dell has offered their own e-cycling program for quite some
time now.
Received on Sat Jan 20 11:06:45 2007