How does the California e-waste recycling program work?

How does the California e-waste recycling program work?

John Shegerian (CEO, Electronic Waste Recyclers) gives expert video advice on: Do computer manufacturers pay for the recycling of e-waste?; How can I find out which computer manufacturers have recycling programs?; Does the government hold computer companies accountable for their electronic waste? and more...

The state of California has created a model called SB20 that's collected to date hundreds of millions of dollars from the consumer that goes back to recycling electronic waste. Then the state manages the program and pays the approved recyclers for recycling the electronics in the appropriate manner, but they monitor the program so carefully that they pay the recycler who collect only approved electronics, have the best practices and procedures under their roof, and send the commodities to approved down-stream vendors for future reuse. And that's why California leads the way on this issue and hopefully other jurisdictions, states and countries will follow suit soon.