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E-waste Recycling April 20, 2015 01:30:24 PM

New York’s 'right-to-repair' bill may bring major gains to electronics recycling industry

Paul Ploumis
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New York is reportedly considering two similar bills which may require manufacturers of electronics to provide complete sale

New York’s 'right-to-repair' bill may bring major gains to electronics recycling industry

ALBANY (Scrap Monster): New York is reportedly considering two similar bills which may require manufacturers of electronics to provide complete sale diagnostic and repair information to independent e-scrap recycling entities in the same manner in which they are currently provided to their authorized repair centers.

The passage of Senate Bill No S03998 and Bill No A06068 in the Assembly are likely to open up channels of profits for the electronics recycling and refurbishment industry. The supporters of the bill state that passage of the bill would result in the biggest opportunity of revenue generation for the electronics recycling industry in a long time. This would also help them to offset the reduction in weight resulting from new product designs.

On the other hand, several industry bodies including Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) members have voiced opposition against the bill stating that the introduction of these bills would lead to reduction of the amount of product repairs that manufacturers can support. The need to provide extensive details may force the original equipment manufacturers to reduce the scope and timeline for supporting products in general. The association is yet to declare its official stand on the issue.

Meantime, the supporting groups argue that the bill does not ask for any information that the manufacturers presently have with them. They view the bill as similar to the bill introduced by Massachusetts on auto repair industry. The bills would also help to create numerous repair jobs. Earlier, lack of repair information used to hamper environment-friendly recycling of electronics scrap.

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