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TVs, PC monitors should be recycled, says LA official

A proposal that would require electronics retailers to set up recycling schemes for discarded televisions and computer monitors, the first proposed law of its kind in the USA, has been introduced by a Los Angeles city official. Concerned about toxic waste from discarded TVs and monitors, Los Angeles City Council …

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São Paulo cuts VAT for recyclables

The Brazilian state of São Paulo has modified regulations governing the ICMS (local business tax) value added tax through last October’s Decree No. 47.278. Transport to or from other states of paper waste or cuttings, metal scrap, glass waste and fragments or residue of plastics, rubber or textiles is now …

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