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<br /> <br />COUNTY OF ANOKA <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />OFFICE OF COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />GoVERNMENT CENTER <br />2100 3RD AVENUE. ANOKA, MINNESOTA <br />(763) 323-5700 <br /> <br />55303-2265 <br /> <br />-- <br />JIM A. KORDIAK <br />County Commissioner <br />District #4 <br /> <br />;' <br /> <br />\ uq flY <br />"\ \"C/,\I{ <br /> <br />December 30, 2003 <br /> <br />Mayor Terry Sw-eeney <br />City of CenterviIle <br />1880 Main St <br />CenterviIle MN 55038 <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor Terry Sweeney: <br /> <br />On behalf of Anoka County, lam requesting that you consider supporting our efforts to ensure the proper <br />. disposal and recyclin~ o_f TY ~ ,~~ c{)!1l,pu,!e~ ]~ll:~nitors. These items require special handling, should be <br />recycled and cu.ITent''r~o'yc1iligbpti()ns'liie ll#\Ciequi'ltl;illlld ~xpensiye.. AI1atti'lcheci fact shei::t expJ~ the <br />growmgproblem'Q{diSciidedcdmptltets~dTYs. . ......... . .C" " . .., . . . Fe., " <br />~"', "", - ;," >/'~::;~'i< ;~ /.,'>',.,.:,'.', .,', <br /> <br />Most TVs and computer monitors contain cathode ray tubes (CRTs), also known as picture tubes that can <br />contain between 2 and 8 poundsoflead. CRTs are considered the largest single source oflead in Minnesota's <br />garbage. Lead is a known public health and enviromnental hazard, and steps need to be taken to ensure that <br />lead from discarded CRTs does not end up in Minilesota's air and water. <br /> <br />The Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board (SWMCB), a collaboration of six metropolitan counties <br />plans to sponsor legislation in 2004 that incorporates the following policy positions: <br /> <br />1) Manufacturer Responsibility: A requirenJent that manufacturers of CRTs have defined responsibilities <br />including responsibility for collecting, transporting, and recycling therr products at end-of-life to ensure that <br />. products are not placed in mixed municipal solid waste. <br /> <br />2) Reliable aud Convenient Collection Options: Provisions that address the. need for collection options that <br />provide frequent and convenient access for citizens. <br /> <br />3) Responsible Recycling ofeRTs: Assurances that products collected must be responsibly recycled to the <br />. . greatest extent feasible, and tlJ,at components that cllllilot be recycled are properly managed. <br /> <br />4) Backlog Waste: A... mec,hanism to address how CRTs will be managed in the case that no manufacturer can <br />be identified or fora manufactuIerno Ibhger in business, without relying on local government to.be . <br />respo~siblef9rsu,c,hba.cklo~{)r"orphan w:~t~." . . <br /> <br />5) Fe.es;;,%:~~fCJ:ericefoT" advanc~ recycling fees"andlor the internalization of cost~ by ~allufacturers over <br />"end-or-life>' fees that are applied when a CRT is discarded. <br /> <br />FAX: 763-323.5682 <br /> <br />Affirmative Action I Equal Opportuuity Employer <br />.~. <br /> <br />TDD/TIY: 763-323-5289 <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br />