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State
and Local Governments
State and local governments play an integral role in the collection and management of old electronics equipment. Currently, the majority of the responsibility for dealing with end-of-life consumer electronics lies in the hands of state and local governments.
- They not only have to find the resources to fund collection and public education efforts, but must also locate vendors to safely recycle the unwanted products.
- While the demand to have ongoing electronic collection is high, many governments only have the resources to hold collection events once or twice a year, if at all.
EPA created the Plug-In To eCycling campaign to foster partnerships between electronics manufacturers, retailers, and governments. EPA also created the campaign as a way to provide governments with the tools and resources necessary to build successful electronics recycling programs.
EPA invites state and local governments to partner with EPA in this exciting campaign.
Tools for Governments
- Event
Toolkit - A guide to hosting an electronics collection
event. Includes media alert, sample data reporting form,
and sample event survey.
- Nebraska
Toolkit For Setting Up Electronics Recycling Programs (PDF)
(42 pp, 632K, about
PDF)
- This guide, developed by the Northeast Recycling Council
(NERC) provides additional tips for hosting electronic collection
events.
-
Guidelines for Materials Management - Criteria applicable
to all Plug-In partners who engage in any stage of e-waste
reuse or recycling, including partners who contract with
others for e-waste reuse or recycling services.
- Questions
to Ask a Recycler (PDF) (4 pp, 122K, about
PDF)
- The Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC) is a new voluntary
program that encourages government agencies to manage electronics
waste in an environmentally responsible way. FEC has put
together this checklist to assist you in selecting an electronics
recycler that best fits your needs.
- If you are a state or local government agency, check out
the Federal
Electronics Challenge
for tools on how a your agency can donate or recycle its
used electronics.