March 31, 2009
The Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) launched an ambitious program that over the next five years will divert an additional 160,000 tonnes of waste electronics such as computers and televisions away from landfill and into reuse and recycling solutions.
The industry-developed and operated Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) program is setting up a network of collection sites where consumers and businesses can drop off unwanted electronics with assurance that they will be recycled according to established North American environmental standards. Currently about 25,000 tonnes of WEEE are collected annually in Ontario through public and private sector programs.
Products captured under the program include desktop and laptop computers and peripherals such as mice, keyboards and disk drives; monitors; desktop printers; fax machines and televisions. Other electronics such as cell phones and cameras will be added in later phases of the program.
Effective April 1, 2009 all computers, laptops, printers and monitors sold through the Bits & Bytes Computer Store are subjet to the new WEEE Fees introduced by the OES.
The fee structure is as follows:
Apple Mac mini (no keyboard or mouse) $7.80
Apple Display (<29″) $12.25
Apple Display (>29″) $26.25
Apple Portable (MacBook/MacBook Air/MacBook Pro) $2.75
Apple iMac with Keyboard and Mouse $13.05
Apple MacPro with Keyboard and Mouse $8.60
Desktop Computer $8.60
Portable Computer $2.75
Monitors (<29″) $12.25
Monitors (>29″) $26.25
Printer (desktop model) $5.40
[fees updated as of April 1, 2010]
These fees are in addition to the cost of the item you are purchsing and will be added to your bill as a seperate line item. These fees are subject to HST.
For further information on the WEEE Program please visit the OES website at: http://www.ontarioelectronicstewardship.ca
