HP has developed standards for management of hardware at the end of its
useful lifetime to ensure hardware is responsibly recycled or recovered.
The California Electronic Waste Recycling Act, also known as SB 20, is a California law that establishes a funding system for the collection and recycling of certain electronic wastes.
How does SB20 affect California consumers?
SB20 establishes a fee, to be paid by the consumer and collected by the retailer (including HP Partners), on certain types of video display devices, with screen sizes greater in size than four inches measured diagonally, that have been specifically designated as hazardous, when discarded, by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (see list below). The fee applies to devices sold or leased to a California consumer.
The video display devices subject to the fee are:
- Cathode ray tube containing devices (CRT devices)
- Cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
- Computer monitors containing CRTs
- Laptop computers with liquid crystal display (LCD) screens
- LCD containing desktop monitors
- Televisions containing CRTs
- Televisions containing LCD screens
- Plasma televisions
- Portable DVD players containing LCD screens
The initial fees were established by the Legislature as of January 1, 2005. CalRecycle has the authority to review and change the fees every two years as necessary to keep the Electronics Recycling Fund solvent. The last fee adjustment went into effect on January 1, 2011. Current fee levels are shown in the table below.
The fee amounts are:
| Screen size |
Fee amounts
Effective Jan 1, 2011 |
| More than four inches but less than 15 inches |
$6 |
| At least 15 inches but less than 35 inches |
$8 |
| 35 inches or more |
$10 |
