The US needs to think long and hard about this program
"The State Environmental Protection Administration said a new policy issued on its Web site (www.zhb.gov.cn) on Wednesday would encourage 'polluter responsibility' for electronic waste.
'Our country's volume of discarded domestic appliances and electronic products has grown rapidly for years on end,' an unnamed official said in the announcement.
'The scatterered, backward handling of electronic junk in family workshops is a serious threat to our fragile environment and human health'.
The official targeted illegal imports of discarded computers and other often toxic digital refuse from rich countries.
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