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<br />Citizen Action Form - End-of-Iife TV's <br />and Computer Monitors <br /> <br />_'Know <br />~..".. /WI'iT' <br />KlI.7' . TI1(ow' <br />'Pn <br />/..4 ~.. <br />GreenGuardian.com' <br /> <br />The Problem with Old TVs and Computer Monitors <br />. Most IV!; and computer monitors contain cathode ray tubes (CRTs); also known as picture tUbes. <br />CRTs can contain between 2 and 8 pounds of I~d and are considered the largest single source of lead in <br />Minnesota's garbage. Lead is \l known public health and environmental hazard, and steps need to be <br />taken to ensure that lead from discarded CRTs does not end up in Minnesota'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 requirement that manufacturers of CRTs have defined <br />responsibilities inclUding responsibility for collecting, transporting, and recycling their products at <br />end-of"life to ensure that products are not placed ill. mixed municipal solid waste. <br /> <br />2) Reliable and Convenient Collection Options: Provisions that address the need for collection <br />options that provide frequent and convenient access for citizens. ' <br /> <br />3) Responsible Recycling of CRTs: Assurances that products collected must be responsibly recycled <br />to the greatest extent feasible, and that components that cannot be recycled are properly managed. <br /> <br />4) Backlog Waste: A mechanism to address how CRTs will be managed in the case that no <br />manufi'lcturer can be identified or for a manufacturer no longer in business, without relying on local <br />government to be responsible for such backlog or "orphan waste." . <br /> <br />5) Fees: A preference for "advance recycling fees" and/or the internalization of costs by manufacturers <br />over "end-of-Iife" fees that are applied when a CRT is discarded. . . <br /> <br />If YOU are interested in the effort to create better oDtions for recvclina <br />old TVs and comDuters. Dlease check below: <br /> <br />_ I want my name included on a list of concerned citizens who support manufacturer responsibility <br />for end-of-life IVs and computer monitors. This list may be forwarded to legislators and others to <br />demonstrate public support for the SWMCB position. <br /> <br />_ I am interested in tracking the SWMCB efforts to gain legislation for manufacturer responsibility <br />for end-of-Iife IVs and computer monitors, and want to be included in emaH updates and other <br />transmittals. <br /> <br />Forward to: <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Commissioner Jim Kordiak <br />Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board <br />477 Selby Ave <br />St. Paul MN 55102 <br />Fax; (651) 223-5229 <br />kdoty@RichardsonRichter.com <br /> <br />Name: <br /> <br />Address: <br /> <br />City, State, Zip <br /> <br />E-mail Address: <br /> <br />PrOvided by Anoka County, Integrated Waste Management <br />