Hawaii Considers E-Waste Recycling Bill

Allan Gerlat, News Editor

February 21, 2012

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Hawaii’s state legislature is considering an electronics recycling fee for retailers and consumers, recycling collection centers and an e-waste disposal ban.

Senate Bill 2822 and House Bill 2560 would require retailers to pay an advance recycling fee for electronics transactions and pass that cost to consumers beginning July 1, 2014.  E-waste recycling centers would be established and certified.

The disposal ban on all e-waste would take effect July 1, 2015.

The fees would range from $1 for devices weighing up to one pound to $20 for devices weighing more than 75 pounds.

The Senate bill received a second reading Feb. 17.

About the Author

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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