City council overrides Mayor's efforts to trash New York e-waste bill. From: EDN | Date: July 24, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

by Suzanne Deffree

The Big Apple may soon put the burden on electronics manufacturers when it comes to the recovery of e-waste (electronics waste).

The New York City Council (www.council.nyc.gov ) overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg's (photo , right) spring veto of a bill that requires electronics manufacturers to take back a minimum of 25% of what they sell by July 1, 2012. That percentage will rise to 65% in 2018.

Introductory Bill No. 729 would amend New York's Electronic Equipment Collection Recycling and Reuse Act and, in Bloomberg's view, disproportionately burdens ...

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