[tinwhiskers] Re: Trade in electronic scrap grows as recycling laws expand
- From: "Gordon Davy" <gordondavy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:05:33 -0700
Here's my revision to the first sentence of the recycling article.
"The trade in 'e-scrap' is growing, thanks to rapidly expanding recycling
laws that force consumers to subsidize the operation since (unlike the
situation for certain other kinds of recycling such as automobiles, for which
there is no legislated mandate) the cost exceeds the value of the output."
Same facts, different spin. The value to society of this mandated recycling -
apart from making people feel noble - has not been supported with a
cost-benefit analysis.
Gordon Davy
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