{"id":273,"date":"2015-07-09T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/?p=273"},"modified":"2015-07-09T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T15:02:16","slug":"new-bill-eliminates-recycling-fees-for-computer-and-tv-makers-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/new-bill-eliminates-recycling-fees-for-computer-and-tv-makers-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bill Eliminates Recycling Fees For Computer And TV Makers In North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Computer-Electronics-Recycling-Sign-Blog-Post-Compressed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Computer-Electronics-Recycling-Sign-Blog-Post-Compressed.jpg\" alt=\"Computer Electronics Recycling Sign Blog Post Compressed\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>Under a bill that has just\u00a0cleared the state Senate, computer and TV manufacturers will no longer have to help to pay for the cost of recycling the products\u00a0they sell\u00a0in North Carolina.\u00a0 If this becomes law, electronics manufacturers won&#8217;t have to keep\u00a0paying fees that help pay for local recycling programs.\u00a0 This means the cost of these programs, which exist statewide, will have to be paid for entirely by local governments.<\/p>\n<p>This is wrong.\u00a0 If you manufacture a product that contains elements that pollute the air, earth and water then you should be responsible\u00a0for\u00a0helping\u00a0with the cost\u00a0to\u00a0properly dispose of\u00a0it.\u00a0 Especially since computer manufacturers use planned obsolescence as a way to keep people buying a new PC on average every two years.\u00a0\u00a0Local governments shouldn&#8217;t have to foot the whole bill to keep\u00a0old electronics out of the landfills.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so important that we properly\u00a0recycle as many old electronic products as possible. If this becomes law, it will ensure that a much larger percentage of dangerous electronics get dumped into the landfill.<\/p>\n<div id=\"related-gallery\" class=\"reorder_story-target_2\">Read the entire News and Observer article written by Craig Jarvis\u00a0here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article26826949.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article26826949.html<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under a bill that has just\u00a0cleared the state Senate, computer and TV manufacturers will no longer have to help to pay for the cost of recycling the products\u00a0they sell\u00a0in North Carolina.\u00a0 If this becomes law, electronics manufacturers won&#8217;t have to keep\u00a0paying fees that help pay for local recycling programs.\u00a0 This means the cost of these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}