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Electronic Hazardous Waste (E- Ste) Page 2 of 6 What is E -Waste? Many types of electronic products used in the workplace and homes contain hazardous substances mercury. When these products reach the end of their useful lives or become obsolete, some are cor hazardous waste. In general, hazardous waste may not be discarded in the regular trash. Instead, i to a facility that has a permit for treatment (including recycling), storage, or disposal. Electronic hazardous wastes (e -wastes) are different from industrially generated hazardous wastes every individual, institution and business generates them. Proper management and recycling of a-% lower risks than managing many industrial hazardous wastes. Back. to_Top_of,,,Page How do I Know if my E -Waste is Hazardous? State regulations require the generator of a waste to determine if it is a hazardous waste (this requir in section 66262.11 of title 22 of the California Code of Regulations). Wastes are hazardous waste exhibit one or more of the following characteristics: toxicity, ignitability, corrosivity or reactivity. Man'. wastes exhibit the toxicity characteristic due to the presence of lead. In addition to the four hazardous waste characteristics, DTSC has listed, in regulation, specific wast presumed to be hazardous and must be managed as hazardous waste unless testing shows them tc hazardous. Several categories of a -waste are included in this list; these are listed below under the t do I Know if my E -Waste is Covered by the Electronic Waste Recycling Act?" DTSC's Hazardous Materials Laboratory (HML) has developed Standard Operating Procedures (SC analyzing a -waste to determine if it is hazardous. The following links provide information on these p the results of some of the testing that HML has conducted. • SOP: Preparation of Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps for Mercury Testing, Including WET anc January 2004 • SOP: Preparation of Consumer Electronic Devices _Containing Liquid_Crystal Displays (LCDs) f California Waste Extraction Test and Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure - January 2004 • Fact Sheet: SB20 Testing Results for LCD Monitors and Laptop Computers -March 2004 • Report: Determination of Regulated Elements in Seven Types of Discarded Consumer Electroi January 2004 • Report: Determination_ of Regulated Elements in Discarded Laptop Computers, LCD Monitors and LCD TVs - December 2004 Electronic Waste Recycling Act - Senate Bills (SB) 20 and 50 The Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (Stats. 2003, ch. 526 - SB 20) was signed into law on S 2003, and amended by SB 50 (Stats. 2004, ch. 863) on September 29, 2004. One of the major obje, Electronic Waste Recycling Act, as amended, is to establish a new program for consumers and the recycle and ensure the safe and environmentally -sound disposal of video display devices, such as ti computer monitors, that are hazardous wastes when discarded. Beginning on January 1, 2005, Cal consumers began paying a fee ranging from $6 to $10 at the time of purchase of certain video displ: The fees are deposited into a special account to be paid to qualified a -waste collectors and recycles costs of managing these devices when they are discarded. Ba?c,kto,..Top of -Page How do / Know if my E -Waste is Covered by the Electronic Waste http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/EWaste/index.cfm 2/21/2006