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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 />\ 1)~ ,}U/ <br />'\ \1/l(,\,If( <br /> <br />December 30, 2003 <br /> <br />Mayor Terry Sweeney <br />City of Centerville <br />1880 Main St <br />Centerville MN 55038 <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor Terry Sweeney: <br /> <br />On behalf of Anoka County, I ,am requesting that you consider supporting oill efforts to ensure the proper <br />,disposal and recycling of TV s and coI<1putetmonitors. These items require special handling, should be <br />- '.' ::'C-- ,,- -"," ':;-'-:-''''''_;' "i:....,\_,: f" .'~.'1, '~:(,~: -'..~,7-~)--. _ . <br />njcycl~ and.~urr7I1,t:~~?'t~.Iin&.o,Btig~s',&e ~gequat>:~d.expeIjSiY\l. ~\ltt~ch~d fact she.tlt.expJ<J.ins the <br />groWing prpblemofdiscatded comPiltersarid 1Ys. ", , <br />,.... .,....,.' ;,. >F":':;( .,'.'i'::", ;'; /-_:/.~.1,'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 pounds oflead. CRTs are considered the largest single source oflead in Minnesota's <br />garbage. Lead is a known public health and environmental hazard, and steps need to be taken to ensure that <br />lead from discarded CRTs does not end up in Minnesota's air and water. <br /> <br />The Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board (SWMC13), 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 requirement that manufacturers of CRTs have defined responsibilities <br />including responsibility for collecting, transporting, and recycling therr products at end-of-lifeto ensure that <br />, products are not placed in mixed municipal solid waste. <br /> <br />2) Reliable and 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 of CRTs: Assurances that products collected must be responsibly recycled to the <br />. greatest extent feasible, and that components that cannot be recycled are properly managed. <br /> <br />4) BackJog Waste: Amechanismto<iddress how CRTs will be managed in the case that no manufacturer can <br />be identified or tor a mitliufactui:e~no lo'llger in business, without relying on local government to be <br />responsible f()r sush'backloi2r "orphan w:apte." <br />.=': '~, ~<::::' ,.; c' " '. ';:' ,.' , ' _ . . <br />5) Fe.e~;;(~'~t~feJ::ericefoT '~advance recycling fees" and/or the mtem:ilization of costs by ~~ufacturers over <br />"end-of-Iifii' fees that are applied when a CRT is discarded. <br /> <br />FAX; 763-323-56S2 <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br />Affirmative Action I Equal Opportunity Employer <br />.~, <br /> <br />lDDfITY; 763-323-5289 <br />