E-waste bill advances in House
A Pennsylvania House committee voted Monday to advance legislation to modernize and strengthen Pennsylvania’s Covered Device Recycling Act and address longstanding electronic waste, or e-waste, challenges in the state. The House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee passed House Bill 2553, sponsored by Rep. Lisa Borowski, D-Delaware, updating the CDRA by expanding the devices covered, improving access to recycling options and strengthening protections for sensitive data when electronics are discarded. It also requires the state Department of Environmental Protection to ...
