EWaste Plan

Intro
The biggest question about the E-Waste Legislation, aka HB2626, & its impact on Free Geek is based on the vagueness of Free Geek's status within the text of the bill. Where will we fit into a statewide e-waste recycling system and how will that affect our stream of incoming gizmos?

State of the Legislation
HB2626 passed unanimously through the House and Senate and was ceremoniously signed by Governor Ted Kulongowski in 2007. The bill will now be sent to a rule-making committee for implementation fine-tuning. This committee should be forming in Fall 2007. This committee is headed up by Jan Whitworth of the Oregon DEQ and staff member Ali will likely be a member, representing Free Geek's interests (i.e. prioritizing reuse over recycling and requiring transparency in e-waste end-of-life).

Issues for the Future

 * Will we be able/need to charge for monitors?
 * FG could/should open up more locations in the PDX area (and beyond), even if they're just drop-off points
 * FG should be having conversations with Next Step Recycling
 * FG should outreach to solicit donations to further the community's recognition of FG (esp. to businesses who might have really nice stuff for us)

Related Documents

 * 3 - 5 year plan and Vision Statement
 * Long Term Strategy Process
 * Meta Question
 * Hiring Strategy
 * General Priorities
 * Space Usage