Chapter 12 Recycling e-waste: Who should pay?{0}
The article is based on recycling e-waste and who should be the one paying. There has been study done that “over 76 percent” of consumers see recycling as one of the way to reduce the world’s e-waste. There are still 37 percent of the people that do not think that. They think that recycling their e-waste should be a free service. People think consumers necessarily believe electronic manufacturers should be the ones picking up the tab. There was a survey done sampling 1,000 Americans. The result that came out was a bit surprising because many companies offer rebates on new items in exchange for recycled goods, “implying that there is already an e-waste recycle tax built into the price of products”. Thirty-five percent also thought there should be a convenient service where e-waste recycling is picked up at their curb, like they have for other trash.
The way this relates to the topic that I have chosen is based on energy consumption or in another ways going green. Recycling is one of the main and big ways to help the community. There many energy programs that relates with recycling. Even though recycling cans, bottles, and paper would help a lot. It saves energy by not making new things, but using the same old junk to make a new one, which is also helping the economy as well. The involvement of government is really helpful because some people don’t have to go recycle, but they have services which helps everyone to just do it from house rather than going to a place to recycle.