E-Waste Rules Campaign: Making Producer TakeBack Recycling Work

In 2007, after five years of pressure from TCE and our supporters, Texas passed an Electronics TakeBack Law (HB 2714) that requires the producers provide consumers with convenient and responsible recycling for their electronic waste.  However, simply passing a law does not guarantee real recycling, and our triumph could turn into tragedy if the law is implemented poorly.

Click here to see a video from the Basel Action Network showing the results of poor recycling standards.

Our state environmental agency (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ) is currently creating the rules that will enforce this new law -- or weaken it.  If TCEQ rules do not uphold strong recycling standards, the law could make matters worse for the environment.  Prison labor, export to developing countries, landfilling and incineration of hazardous materials are not environmentally sound.  We need strong rules and recycling standards to protect public health!

Urge TCEQ officials to enforce the Electronics TakeBack Law!  Click here for a sample letter. 

Click here for details on key issues in the rule-making process.