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Calif. retailers to tack on recycling fees

California retailers were scheduled to begin collecting an advanced recycling fee on computer monitors and televisions Jan. 1, according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

The fee will support the state's electronics recycling program, which requires any entity selling TVs, computer monitors or laptop computers in the state to collect a $6 to $10 fee. The payments will fund a system to collect and recycle end-of-life electronics throughout the state.

"This new program encourages manufact

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