New York, NY –
Starting July 1st, 2009, manufacturers must devise and fund their own method of collecting, and recycling, the TV's, computers and MP3 players that are now left on the curb for the city to handle.
Park Slope Councilman Bill DeBlasio was the legislation's chief sponsor.
DEBLASIO: I would go down the street. I would see those computers on the curbside, those TV's. And it drove me crazy every time. It felt like the most wasteful situation to begin with.
A spokesman for Mayor Bloomberg calls the legislation "bad public policy," because he said it penalizes manufacturers, who have no control over whether customers recycle. He also suggests there will be a legal battle over the bill's constitutionality.
The council has enough votes to override a likely mayoral veto.
For WNYC, I'm Amy Eddings.
Amy Eddings is the local host of “All Things Considered,” which airs from 4 PM until 8 PM weekdays. She started hosting in 2004, after long-time host JoAnn Allen left for the West Coast. Before ATC, Amy was a reporter. Her favorite topics were--and still are--garbage and recycling, which she still reports on whenever she can get out of the studio.
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