tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post111747310264000367..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: E-Waste and EPR in NYCPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1117497945861011562005-05-30T17:05:00.000-07:002005-05-30T17:05:00.000-07:00Wayne,Yeah, that kind of waste absolutely would be...Wayne,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that kind of waste absolutely would be curtailed. If you look at European EPR laws, they apply to pretty much <I>everything,</I> right down to packaging. Simply put, you're responsible for the products you make...amazing concept, huh? <BR/><BR/>Of course, the EU alone is a bigger market than the US, so we're really going to have to fall in line sooner or later, regardless of our domestic laws. Smart companies are positioning themselves to take advantage of the inevitable. Stupid ones are wasting money on PR and lobbying that could go to redesign. Personally, I think a lot of these businesses just aren't fit to survive, to use the ever-popular Social Darwinist viewpoint. They're not smart, innovative, or imaginative enough to compete in a changing world, so all their efforts go to turning back the clock.<BR/><BR/>Dell, on the other hand, sees the writing on the wall: they have a take-back program for their own computers, and they'll take any other manufacturer's computer for a ten-dollar fee. Pretty shrewd, IMO.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1117495410349384722005-05-30T16:23:00.000-07:002005-05-30T16:23:00.000-07:00ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1117485840116147122005-05-30T13:44:00.000-07:002005-05-30T13:44:00.000-07:00It's an extremely sensible philosphy and actually ...It's an extremely sensible philosphy and actually worthy of Hopeful Friday. You've written before about the absurdity of cost-benefit (hearken back to the Reagan Years) that didn't include environmental impact (hearken back to the Reagan Years) and still doesn't. I'm hopeful that the consideration of financial impact on the environment will one day be a necessary element in calculating such things.<BR/><BR/>After six years my cheap casio watch finally ran out of power. I opened it up, ready to exchange the battery. The battery costs more than a new watch. "Throw it away." <BR/><BR/>I wonder if the insane ready availability of disposable cell phones, watches, batteries, and other items used in copious quantities and blithely manufactured just to be thrown away would be curtailed by that kind of philosophy?Wayne Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12344554645677368845noreply@blogger.com