[LINK] E-Waste

[Philip Argy]

For the right feedstock, such as PCBs, they will PURCHASE it.

But we could have a deposit scheme like South Australia to cover the
collection costs or a levy on new gear, or simply a statutory obligation to
take back and recycle.

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From: Marghanita da Cruz [mailto:marghanita at ramin.com.au] 
Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2010 10:15
To: pargy at argystar.com
Cc: 'Link list'
Subject: Re: [LINK] E-Waste

As I understand it the obstacle is paying for the collection 
and recycling.

Marghanita
Philip Argy wrote:
> There's a great little Aussie company in Melbourne that has a lot of
trouble
> getting government, local councils or corporates to pay more than lip
> service to how their automated eWaste facility could be far better
utilised.
> You've really got to ask 'why?'.  Is it because vested interests would
> prefer to ship our eWaste to third world countries to be dumped than to
> REALLY recover/recycle as PGM can do?
> 
> http://www.pgmrefiners.com/index.html 
> 
> Philip
>