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 in SB20 as of January 1, 2005. In June, 2008, The California Integrated Waste Management Board acted to increase the fees to maintain the solvency of the Electronics Recycling Fund. The new fee amounts effective January 1, 2009 are shown in the table below.
The fee amounts are:
| Screen size |
Fee amount
Jan 2005 - Dec 2008
|
Fee amount
Effective Jan 1, 2009
|
| More than four inches but less than 15 inches |
$6 |
$8 |
| At least 15 inches but less than 35 inches |
$8 |
$16 |
| 35 inches or more |
$10 |
$25 |
