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      • The President of the United States
      • The U.S. Senate
      • The U.S. House of Representatives
  2. Created By
    Mark Rudh
    Sunnyvale, CA
About this Petition Petition Letter

Understand E-Waste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-waste) at an individual level & write your local Congressmen to revisit legislation to hold Corporations responsible for e-waste disposal of their products at "end-of-life" (as the European Union has done since 2003).  Waste electronics will most likely end up in a landfill or incinerated. Both methods allow toxic chemicals to pollute the environment.

Recent Signatures

Revisit Legislation for Corporate responsibility of "E-Waste"

Dear Representative,

It is time again to look at National legislation that will hold the Electronics manufactures responsible for e-waste disposal at end-of-life.  The European Union with their WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) & RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directives enacted since 2003 allows us 5 years worth of precious research for us to at least get our first Draft right.  Force Corporations to use the collected waste in an ecologically-friendly manner, either by ecological disposal or by reuse/refurbishment of the collected WEEE.  Please help.  Thank you for your time.

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