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Tokyo (pte035/30.05.2003/17:00) - Twenty-one Japanese PC manufacturers are launching a joint recycling programme to go into effect in September, 2003.
Japanese post offices will collect computer trash to be recycled from consumers. Up to now old PCs, which usually contain highly toxic materials, have been shredded and tossed in trash dumps once the metal parts have been removed. The new scheme has been introduced in response to new legal guidelines.
As of September, customers will have to pay a recycling fee when they purchase a PC. Once they pay, they receive an adhesive strip (see image) which is stuck to their computer. The system will, however, only take care of 20 per cent of all PCs expected to be thrown away in 2004 (1.6 million), as the majority of computer trash is not generated by the 21 manufacturers taking part in the scheme. By 2009 the amount is predicted to climb to 50 per cent.
The 21 computer firms taking part are:
Apple Computer http://www.dell.co.jp
Casio Computer
Dell Computer
Eizo Nanao
Fujitsu
Hewlett-Packard Japan
Hitachi http://www.hitachi.com
IBM Japan
Matsushita Electric Industrial
Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology
NEC
NEC-Mitsubishi Electric Visual Systems
Nihon Unisys
Oki Electric Industry
Ricoh
Sanyo Electric
Seiko Epson
Sharp
Sony
Sotec
Toshiba http://www.toshiba.com
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