Electronics industry is optimistic that consensus national model ...
Electronics industry is optimistic that consensus national model for financing management of end-of-life CE products will emerge by next Sept., said Holly Evan, dir.-environmental affairs of Electronic Industries Alliance. Echoing sentiments expressed by regulators on outcome of Nov. 8-9…
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meeting of National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI) in Boston (CED Nov 14 p5), she said good progress was made at meeting toward putting together elements of national program. Major outcome of meeting, she said, was agreement to take off table financial models that put onus only on manufacturers or on govt. and taxpayers. Two models now being considered are advance disposal fee (front-end fee included in purchase price of product) and end-of-life fee (back-end fee paid by consumer when depositing used product for recycling and reuse). Evans said models might have to be tweaked to make program cost-effective and questions such as need for enabling legislation to enforce program would have to addressed. Asked how industry was disposed to regulators’ emphasis on redesigning products for environment, she said industry was open to considering designing for environment and “it’s already happening.” Evans cautioned that solution that depended solely on product design would be high-cost one. Industry will oppose any proposal that makes product design only criteria rather than part of solution, she said.