Legislators Consider Electronic Recycling Program
Group Spoke Against Measure Wednesday
Updated: 1:38 pm CDT June 3, 2009
MADISON, Wis. -- Electronics manufacturers would be required to arrange for the collecting and recycling of products they sell in Wisconsin under a bill up for a vote in the state Senate on Tuesday.Environmental groups, recycling organizations and the city of Milwaukee are among those supporting the proposal that is modeled after a Minnesota law that took effect in 2007.An electronics industry group spoke against the measure at a public hearing on Wednesday. Information Technology Industry Council spokeswoman Valerie Rickman said a requirement that 80 of product produced in a single year be recycled was too onerous.Supporters say both consumers and manufacturers want to recycle, but there aren't enough opportunities available to easily do it.
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