20.370 (2) (hr) Electronic waste recycling. From the recycling and renewable energy fund, all moneys received under s. 287.17 (4) and (10) (j) for administration of the electronic waste recycling program under s.287.17.
287.07 (5) ELECTRONIC DEVICES. (a) Beginning on September 1, 2010, no person may dispose of in a solid waste disposal facility, burn in a solid waste treatment facility, or place in a container the contents of which will be disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility or burned in a solid waste treatment facility, any of the following devices, unless the device is of a kind exempted by a rule promulgated under s. 287.17 (10) (i):
1. A peripheral, as defined in s. 287.17 (1) (j) "Peripheral" means a keyboard or any other device, other than a consumer printer, that is sold exclusively for external use with a consumer computer and that provides input into or output from a consumer computer.
3. A facsimile machine.
4. A digital video disc player.
5. A digital video player that does not use a disc and that is not a camera, as defined in s. 287.17 (1) (a).
6. A video cassette recorder.
7. A video recorder that does not use a cassette and that is not a camera, as defined in s. 287.17 (1) (a).
8. A covered electronic device, as defined in s. 287.17 (1) (f).
9. A telephone with a video display.
10. Another kind of electronic device identified by the department under s. 287.17 (10) (i).
NOTE: Americans scrap 400 million electronic products per year, and generated 2.6 million tons of e-waste in 2005.
