Better E–Wast Legislation for a Greener Digital Economy

With ever more digital equipment the problem of e–waste is becoming a serious problem. We can not morally externalize the cost. E–waste recycling needs to be more convenient and incentives need to be created for companies to produce less waste. If every electronic store was mandated to take back e–waste and return it to the manufacturer for disassembly or re–use instead of the current system were people are encouraged to drive across the city to a few eco–stations, which few people do, manufactures would have the incentive to change their production methods to a more eco efficient model, creating a greener digital economy and one that we can be proud to hand to our children.