HB 2626 will be signed by the Governor next Thursday!  The e-waste recycling bill unanimously passed both chambers, causing some to coin it the “feel good environmental legislation of the session.”  The moniker shouldn’t take away from the strength of the bill.  For the first time in Oregon’s history, this bill will creates a program that establishes manufacturer responsibility for the end of life handling of covered products and is backed up with a strong landfill ban for those products.  The Oregonian wrote a great overview of the bill.

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