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� <br />� <br />5 <br />6 <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />10 <br />ll <br />�� <br />k� <br />[� <br />�5 <br />t �i <br />E� <br />�$ <br />�� <br />��� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />� <br />�� <br />�� <br />� <br />Z� <br />�$ <br />�� <br />�U <br />�l <br />�y <br />�� <br />�� <br />�5 <br />��a <br />�? <br />Department Approval <br />� <br />�ju��t ��r Council Action <br />Manager Approval <br />�� <br />Date: 4/9/07 <br />Item Number: "�.g <br />Agenda Section <br />Consent Agenda <br />Item Description: U <br />Resolution Requesting a Legislative Solution for Dealing with Electronic Waste <br />Background: Electronic waste, or e-waste, is any waste that has a circuit board or a cathode ray tube <br />(CRT). This includes the following products: <br />• Televisions <br />. Computer monitors, CPUs and peripherals such as printers, computer mice and keyboards <br />. Audio, video and telecommunication equipment such as stereos, VCRs and cell phones <br />Most T"Vs and computer monitors contain 2 to 8 pounds of toxic lead. Many electronics contain other <br />toxic materials, such as mercury and cadmium. If any of these contaminants gets into our rivers, <br />streams or lakes, they can harm our health and damage the environment. Minnesotans own an <br />estimated six million TVs and three million computer monitors. <br />The State banned disposing of CRTs in the garbage as of July 1,2006. However, the State did not <br />adopt a program on how to deal with e-waste despite a Legislative taskforce recommendation to <br />establish a program that shared the responsibility for the management of CRTs with manufacturers, <br />retailers, or counties. Since the ban became effective there has been much confusion in the public as to <br />how they can properly dispose of their electronics. Illegal dumping and its associated costs have <br />increased in many cities, counties and townships. Large electronic items are periodically illegally <br />placed in dumpsters at City of Roseville facilities. <br />Currently, most residents are paying by the pound to get rid of electronics, if they can find a location <br />that collects them for recycling. We do not know how many were disposed of illegally or are still in <br />homes ready for disposal. <br />�� The Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board, which is comprised of County Commissioners <br />�� from the six county metro area, along with the Association of Minnesota Counties and more than 60 <br />�+� metro area cities and townships have passed resolutionscalling on the Legislature to enact a system to <br />� f deal with e-wastethat includes a shared responsibilityamong manufacturers, retailers, generators and <br />�? local governments. The SWMCB and the AMC are actively lobbying the legislature to approve this <br />�3 system to deal with e-waste. The bills are HF 854 and SF 0235. Both bills are wending their way <br />�4 through the legislativeprocess. <br />�� <br />