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Background
On April 22, 2004, Governor John Baldacci signed a first-in-the-nation e-waste law that requires manufacturers, consumers and government to share responsibility for the recycling of computer monitors and televisions generated as wastes by households in Maine. This law is called An Act to Protect Public Health and the Environment by Providing for a System of Shared Responsibility for the Safe Collection and Recycling of Electronic Waste.
Compliance
Sun Microsystems has submitted the Manufacturer Plan to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as required by the statutory requirement and has made arrangements for payment of the required fees with the consolidation facilities approved by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), as is necessary under the Act. To the extent any Sun-branded computer monitors that qualify as "covered electronic devices" (CED) and are generated as household waste and are received at consolidation facilities within Maine, Sun understands that, under the Act, it will be responsible for reasonable operational costs for collection of such waste. Currently Maine has determined that Sun is not responsible for any pro-rata share of any regulated household waste stream in Maine at this time.
How to recycle CEDs in Maine
Please contact your local municipality for information about how and where to recycle your computer monitors in your area. For more information about Maine's electronic waste law, please visit the Maine Department of Environmental Protection website at: http://www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/ewaste/index.htm
Or Electronics Industry Alliance's (EIAs) website at: http://www.eiae.org/
If you are a Sun customer located in Maine and are interested in talking with Sun about this law, please submit a contact request.
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