Many consumers seem eager to help the environment by recycling or cutting energy consumption, but how will the regulations directly impact consumers?
To both comply with the City’s ban on curbside waste pick up as well as the mandate in the new recycling regulations that each manufacturer is independently responsible for picking up and recycling its own devices, consumers recycling one or multiple devices will have to schedule separate in-house pick-ups with each appropriate device manufacturer. While the recycling programs will be at no charge to consumers, manufacturers will likely be forced to increase prices nationwide to offset the expected minimum $115 million annual program cost.
