Dec 3- WI - E-Cycle Wisconsin Update

Wisconsin's E-waste Law, signed last year, seems to be showing positive results. The collection volumes for the initial half of the program year shows 9,567,000 pounds of e-waste was recycled during this period.  Among the devices covered by the law are computers, printers, video displays, computer peripherals, fax machines, DVD players, and cell phones.

According to Mark Brown, facility manager for the Brown County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, the plant has seen dramatic increases in the amount of electronics recycled, from up to 15,000 pounds per month before the new law took effect to up to 50,000 pounds per month since.

The law also prohibited electronics from being disposed of in landfills beginning in September, 2010.

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