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r: MEMO NDUM Date: 03/09/2005 : : To-' Mayor and City Council Members Cc: City Administrator From: Chris Anderson, Zoning &Becycling ¢0ordi"Ptor Solid Waste Managementi¢oordinatin. g Board's legislative initiative to ensure manufacturers share the re~sponsibility of managing end-of-life televisions and computer monitors Most televisions and computer monitors Contain Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs), commonly referred to as picture tubes. CRTs~ can contain_-Up tO) eight (8) pounds of lead and are the largest single source of lead in Mir~oesotals g/~rbage., Lead is known to be a hazard to both public health and the environment land measdres need to be implemented so that lead from discarded CRTs does not find its way into~OUt ~o!1, w~a!er and air. In 2003, the Solid Waste Management !COordi~nating Board (composed of county commissioners from six of the sev~n metrOpoiitanicOanties) sponsored legislation to ban the disposal of (CRTs) in the waste stre~am and to ,require imanufacturers of electronic products to establish collection and recycling p'rrOgrams for the; ~rOducts they sell. The state adopted legislation that will prohibit the disP~)~,al ofCR~Sin tlie_garbage effective July 1, 2005, but did not include provisions requiring manufacturers :tO participate in the cost of proper management ofwaste electronics. :: i ~ ~r I have prepared a resolution that St,ates Ramsey's Support of the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board's legislative inl§ative inCdrpOrat~iqg manufacturer responsibility, reliable and convenient collection options, r'.espo%ibl~, r. edyCl!ng of CRTs, a mechanism to address the backlog of unidentifiable CRTSi and a 'p?efere~n~,e for advance recycling fees without reliance on local government for management Of CR'!'~. I would encourage City Council toadopt this reSOlution which would reaffirm Ramsey's effort to protect the health and well-being 0f our resi(::jents and our environment. CA Enc. 1 03/09/2005