Reduce / Reuse / Recycle

December 18, 2003

 

Recycling of Used Home PCs Starts in October 2003

Keywords: Manufacturing industry Policy / Systems Reduce / Reuse / Recycle 

A recycling system for used personal computers (PCs) from homes started operating in Japan in October 2003 when the revised Law for Promotion of Effective Utilization of Recyclable Resources took effect.

The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) manages the recycling scheme, with the participation of 36 PC manufacturers. On October 1, the participating companies started to sell PCs with a PC-recycling logo indicating that the computers can be disposed of and recycled without any cost to the consumer. Consumers will pay 3,000 yen (about U.S.$27) to recycle desk-top computers and 4,000 yen (about U.S.$36) for CRT displays sold prior to this date.

The association runs this system in cooperation with Japan Post, the national postal service. Users can have the choice of bringing their used home PCs to one of over 20,000 post offices nationwide, or using a pickup service.

PCs covered by this system account for 97 to 98 percent of all PCs sold domestically, while the system excludes some computers, including those sold by companies that have ceased operation in Japan and homemade PCs. In Tokyo, however, users can make arrangements with JEITA for the collection of such PCs at an additional cost.




Posted: 2003/12/18 10:12:42 AM
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