E-Cycle Wisconsin effective for recyclers and state
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Devon Keithley takes apart a computer printer and sorts through the parts at DP Electronic Recycling in Elkhorn. Televisions and computers are the most frequently dropped off items. The company resells items that can be refurbished and other items are taken apart, sorted and shipped for recycling.
ELKHORN — Registered collectors took in more than 35 million pounds of electronics from July 2010 to June 2011, the first full year of Wisconsin’s electronics recycling law.
(Read all of this week's stories from Walworth County Sunday HERE. )
Those figures from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources equal 6.2 pounds per resident, one of the highest rates among states with such legislation.
The program recycled 10.4 million pounds from Jan. 1 through June 30, 2010 -- it’s set up to coincide with the state’s fiscal year -- and based on information submitted by registered manufacturers, the total e-cycling target for program year 3 (July 2011 through June 2012) is about 31 million pounds.
“The increased volume of electronics is helping recyclers expand while reducing costs for local governments and taxpayers,” said Brad Wolbert, solid waste and recycling specialist in the DNR waste and materials management program. “E-Cycle Wisconsin is boosting the economy without a large government footprint.”
See the E-Cycle Wisconsin page of the Department of Natural Resources website for a list of collection sites by county and more detailed program results: HERE.
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