"For cities & towns, a TV horror show; Bill would shift recycling costs to makers" by Bina Venkataraman, Globe Correspondent | May 14, 2009
As more people switch to flat-screen - a trend that is expected to accelerate with the switch from analog to digital transmission next month - aging cathode-ray tube televisions are going the way of the cassette player.
I knew there was some agenda-pushing idea behind that plan.
Why should the government care if you watch TV -- unless they wanted you to, and why would they want that? Suck up that agenda, 'murkn.
But discarding them is complex, creating an environmental conundrum that is costing Massachusetts cities and towns millions of dollars.... unwanted televisions, computer monitors, and other electronics - items that can harm human health and the environment if not disposed of properly.
Most cities and towns do not keep track of where their electronic waste ends up.
"We don't know where it goes," said state Representative Frank Smizik, the bill's sponsor. "Some of it certainly goes to Third World countries."
Oh, so they took Larry's advice after all?
