Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Contact: CoriAhna Rude-Young, (651) 296-5965 Saint Paul, Minn. -- As the Minnesota Electronics Recycling Act approaches its first anniversary, retailers of video display devices (monitors, laptops and TVs) are nearing their first reporting deadline. Retailers who sell to households in Minnesota have until July 1, 2008 to report to each manufacturer the number of video display devices they sold during the previous program year (July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008). Retailers are critical to the success of the statewide electronic recycling program. The information generated through the retailers' reporting helps manufacturers determine their recycling obligation. This obligation has translated into an expanding collection infrastructure around the state. There are more than 230 collection locations throughout Minnesota as well as special events and a few mail-back programs. The law covers online as well catalog and in-store sales of any video display device greater than nine inches diagonal. Not included in the law are sales to businesses and institutions, or items that have been recycled or refurbished. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has additional information for consumers, manufacturers, collectors, recyclers and retailers at www.pca.state.mn.us/electronics or by calling (651) 297 1256.