What is 'producer responsibility' with regard to e-waste?

What is 'producer responsibility' with regard to e-waste?

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...

Producer responsibility with regards to e-waste, is when the materials are collected by the approved collectors in a given jurisdiction, the manufacturers then have to allocate which is attributed to their own materials and pay for the appropriate legal recycling of the materials that they produced originally and that were resold.