Submission + - E-waste
BDPrime writes: "Apparently, a group from Congress is thinking about proposing national legislation that would make hardware manufacturers responsible for taking back their own stuff, similar to what happened in Europe with WEEE. The story quotes David Douglas, one of Sun's eco-evangelists, reflecting on the alternative:
"If we were having to deal with local regulations and local disposition facilities in every state, to deal with every state's nuanced costs, that would clearly involve cost to our basic equipment.""
"If we were having to deal with local regulations and local disposition facilities in every state, to deal with every state's nuanced costs, that would clearly involve cost to our basic equipment.""
