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Subject: Senate Bill 20-Hazardous Electronic Waste
From: Vice Mayor Nadel
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the City's support for Senate Bill 20 (Hazardous Electronic Waste Recovery, Reuse and Recycling Act of 2003) by Senator Sher
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OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILA4FMBER
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY OF OAKLAND'S POSITION ON THE
FOLLOWING 2003 STATE LEGISLATION:
SUPPORT FOR: SI3 20 (Hazardous Electronic Waste Recovery, Reuse, and Recycling
Act of 2003) by Senator Sher
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland or its residents would be affected by the pending State
Legislation; and
WHEREAS, SB 20 (Hazardous Electronic Waste Recovery, Reuse, and Recycling Act of 2003)
by Senator Sher would enact the Hazardous Electronic Waste Recovery, Reuse, and Recycling Act of
2003, which, if adopted would phase out the use of hazardous materials in the manufacturing of
electronic devices sold in the state and establish the California Integrated Waste Management Board
(Board) to administer a state hazardous electronic waste recovery, reuse, and recycling program; and
WHEREAS, SB 20 (Sher) would require a manufacturer or registrant of an electronic device
containing hazardous materials in the state either to prepare and submit to the Board a hazardous
electronic waste recovery plan that demonstrates that 50% on or after January 1, 2005, 70% on or after
January 1, 2007, and 90% on or after January 1, 2010 of the hazardous electronic devices discarded in the
state is reused or recycled; or as an alternative to a recovery plan, a manufacturer or registrant of an
electronic device containing hazardous material may remit to the Board a fee, equal to the net cost of
collecting, processing and recycling the discarded hazardous device; and
WHEREAS, SB 20 would create a hazardous electronic waste recovery, reuse, and recycling
account in the Integrated Was...
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