HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 03-067RESOLUTION NO. 03-67
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING
LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC SCRAP (E-
WASTE).
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California
recognizes that electronic scrap (e-waste) represents one of the fastest
growing and problematic components of the waste stream; and
WHEREAS, the presence of toxic lead, mercury, and other hazardous and
potentially hazardous materials in electronic waste poses a particular
threat to public health and the environment when improperly discarded;
and
WHEREAS, electronic products containing hazardous substances, such
as cathode ray tubes in most discarded computer monitors, television sets
must be managed and disposed of properly; and
WHEREAS, the infrastructure for electronic discards within California is
weak, under -funded, and inconsistent.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Palm Desert, California, as follows:
1. The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California recognizes
there is a cost to managing e-waste, and that this cost is the
appropriate responsibility of the producers and consumers of
hazardous electronics, and not of local government, state
government, or taxpayers.
2. The City Council recommends management of electronic scrap and
the associated costs be internalized, by the producers and
consumers of hazardous electronics at or before purchase and not
at the point of discard.
3. The City Council encourages the State and Federal governments to
pass laws that:
• Establish programs for collection, recycling and proper
management of discarded CRT devices;
• Require funding from producers and/or consumers to the state
and local government for the support of collection, recycling and
RESOLUTION NO. 03-67
proper management of discarded CRT devices and other e-
waste in an amount sufficient for those activities;
• Prohibit the devices from being exported for disposal in a
manner that poses a significant risk to the public health and/or
the environment.
• Encourages electronic retailers to provide for the safe, efficient
and convenient take -back of electronic products for which they
offer for sale, distribution, or lease;
• Development of systems for the recovery, reuse, and recycling
of hazardous electronics that are cost effective, consumer
friendly, and convenient in an effort to maintain a uniform and
cooperative recovery system.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 22 day of May , 2003, by
the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES:
CRITES, KELLY, SPIEGEL, BENSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: FERGUSON
ATTESTED:
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CHELLE KLASSEN
CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT
h" enson, Mayor