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Indiana E-waste Program
Meredith Jones
E-waste Program Coordinator
Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
Office of Pollution Prevention & Technical Assistance
(OPPTA)
IC 13-20.5
• Effective July 1, 2009
• One of 25 state e-waste laws
– http://www.ecycleclearinghouse.org/content.aspx
?pageid=10
• Extended producer responsibility law
• Manufacturers
– Collectors
– Recyclers
Manufacturers
• Video display devices
(VDDs)
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TVs
Computer monitors
Laptops
Netbooks
Notebooks
E-readers
Tablets
• Can’t sell VDDs to
households unless
registered
• 60% recycling obligation
– VDDs sold to Indiana
households
– By weight equivalent,
based on sales
Collectors & Recyclers
• Covered electronic devices (CEDs)
– Includes VDDs & much more
• Covered entities
– Households, Small businesses, Public schools
• Don’t have to be located in Indiana
• Incentives
– Non-metropolitan collection (50%)
– Indiana recycler (10%)
Registration & Reporting
• All registered entities must re-register &
report annually
– Manufacturers: April 1; June 1
• April 1 – March 31 program year
– Collectors & Recyclers: any time; April 1
• Calendar year program year
Disposal Prohibition
IC 13-20.5-10-1
Disposal restrictions
Sec. 1. After 2010, a covered entity may not knowingly do any of
the following:
(1) Mix or allow the mixing of a covered electronic device or
any other computer, computer monitor, printer, or television
with municipal waste that is intended for disposal at a landfill.
(2) Mix or allow the mixing of a covered electronic device or
any other computer, computer monitor, printer, or television
with any waste that is intended for disposal by burning or incineration.