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Legislation seeks to deal with growing piles of e-waste
Ars Technica — ... However, in its current iteration the bill only directs funding for the study of e-waste and will not put into place any legislation that will require the action of companies or consumers. S. 1397 appears to only be officially opening the conversation about e-waste, so actual policies and programs are still a long way off. Given the complex nature of the issue, this isn't a bad thing; just hope that the US gets around to implementation before we're waist-deep in bricked iPhones. S. 1397: Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act Science, 2009. DOI: ...

Proposed U.S. bill says designers must do their part to combat e-waste
Core77 — ... The bill is called the Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act, or the more manageable S.1397, and it's been posted in its entirety online; click the link above if you want to wade through the legalese, and click the link below if you'd just like to read a summarization. ...