PRINTER'S NO. 3960
No. 768 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, HERMAN, ADOLPH, ARMSTRONG, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES, BUNT, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, FABRIZIO, FORCIER, FRANKEL, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, JAMES, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEWIS, MARKOSEK, McGILL, McILHATTAN, McILHINNEY, PALLONE, PAYNE, PISTELLA, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, B. SMITH, TIGUE, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 7, 2004
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 7, 2004
A RESOLUTION 1 Designating the week of May 2 through 8, 2004, as "Centre County 2 Electronics Recycling Week." 3 WHEREAS, Consumer electronics such as computers, printers, 4 scanners, televisions, radios, stereos, VCRs, telephones and 5 electronic games contain materials such as lead, mercury, 6 cadmium and chromium that must be kept out of our environment; 7 and 8 WHEREAS, Studies indicate that most of the consumer 9 electronics sold each year are replacing broken or outdated 10 equipment; and 11 WHEREAS, In 2004, 315 million computers are expected to be 12 discarded; and 13 WHEREAS, With proper recycling, as much as four pounds of 14 lead can be reclaimed from the glass in a single computer
1 monitor; and 2 WHEREAS, The Centre County Local Emergency Planning 3 Committee, Centre County Solid Waste Authority, Department of 4 Environmental Protection, National Recycling Coalition, Inc., 5 and Dell Computers are providing the residents of Centre County 6 a no-cost opportunity to ensure the proper recycling of consumer 7 electronics; and 8 WHEREAS, The Consumer Electronic Recycling Event is being 9 held at the Centre County Solid Waste Authority, 253 Transfer 10 Road in College Township, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, May 7, 11 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, 2004; and 12 WHEREAS, This is the second electronic recycling event in 13 Centre County: in 2002, 95,500 pounds of consumer electronics 14 were collected, and after recycling only 300 pounds went to the 15 landfill; therefore be it 16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the 17 week of May 2 through 8, 2004, as "Centre County Electronics 18 Recycling Week" and encourage all persons in the area to check 19 their homes and offices for consumer electronics which are ready 20 for recycling and take them to the Centre County Solid Waste 21 Authority on one of the dates indicated. E4L82MRD/20040H0768R3960 - 2 -