ARTICLE 15A. THE A. JAMES MANCHIN REHABILITATION ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN.

Senate Bill No. 398 Artilce 22-15A-22. Prohibition on the disposal of certain items.

(d) Effective January 1, 2011, covered electronic devices, as defined in section two of this article, may not be disposed of in a solid waste landfill in West Virginia.

22-15A-2. Definitions.

(6) "Covered electronic device" means a television, computer or video display device with a screen that is greater than four inches measured diagonally. "Covered electronic device" does not include a video display device that is part of a motor vehicle or that is contained within a household appliance or commercial, industrial or medical equipment.

(8) "Litter" means all waste material, including, but not limited to, any garbage, refuse, trash, disposable package, container, can, bottle, paper, covered electronic devices, ashes, cigarette or cigar butt, carcass of any dead animal or any part thereof or any other offensive or unsightly matter, but not including the wastes of primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.

(15) "Television" means any telecommunication system device that can receive moving pictures and sound broadcast over a distance and includes a television tuner or a video display device peripheral to a computer in which the display contains a television tuner.

(17) "Video display device" means an electronic device with an output surface that displays or is capable of displaying moving graphical images or visual representations of image sequences or pictures that show a number of quickly changing images on a screen to create the illusion of motion. Video display device includes a device that is an integral part of the display and cannot easily be removed from the display by the consumer and that produces the moving image on the screen. A "video display device" may use a cathode-ray tube (CRT), liquid crystal display (LCD), gas plasma, digital light processing, other image-projection technology or imaging display technologies

INWOOD - More than 41 tons of electronic equipment were dropped off for recycling at the Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority's E-cycling day at the Inwood Recycling Center, according to a news release.

Saturday's eight-hour operation was Berkeley County's largest single-day electronic collection, BCSWA Chairman Clint Hogbin said in the release.

Each of the 603 participants dropped off an average of about 136 pounds of recyclable electronics.

Most of the electronic appliances turned in were old computers and old television sets. Hogbin said that since the conversion to digital TV took place, BCSWA has been inundated by old televisions.

PC Renewals of Morgantown collected the discarded electronics, which were taken to five different factories for sorting.

Saturday's collection was funded with a Closed Electronic Device grant from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan program, Hogbin said in an earlier interview.

Starting Jan. 1, most electronics will be banned from West Virginia landfills per state code, Hogbin said.

"Landfills are not designed for large volumes of metals (like the ones found in electronic equipment)," he said. "It's like hazardous waste. The landfill industry doesn't want metals in the landfills."

Some electronic scrap contains contaminants, such as lead, cadmium, mercury and brominated flame retardants. Heavy metals used in electronics have been found to leach out of landfills into ground water.

BCSWA is trying to get funding to do daily electronic recycling rather than once- or twice-a-year events, Hogbin said.

"We've applied for $60,000 in grants from (West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan) to stand up one site for daily electronic recycling," he said. "Sometimes you have to hit Charleston between the eyes to get funding. We need more funding than for two events."

Another E-cycling day was held June 26, when 335 participants deposited 33,528 pounds of electronic equipment, or about 16.75 tons, Hogbin said in the news release. That was about 100 pounds per participant.

Between the two E-cycling days this year, BCSWA has collected almost 58 tons of old electronic equipment and appliances.

The previous record for single-day collections was in 2009, when 72,987 pounds, or about 36.5 tons, was collected from 629 participants, Hogbin said. There was only one collection day that year, he said.

BCSWA has collected 316,000 pounds - 158 tons - of E-cycling since the first event in 2002, he said.

More information is available at berkeleycountyswa@msn.com or 304-267-9370.

Greenbrier County Solid Waste Authority
812 Monroe Avenue
Ronceverte, WV 24970
304-645-4232
http://www.greenbrier-swa.com/