DTSC

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DTSC

• Covered electronic device list
• Updating the list
• Workshop April 8, 2005

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Definition/Scope

• Definition of a video display device an
  electronic device with an output surface that
  displays, or is capable of displaying, moving
  graphical images or visual representation of
  image sequences or pictures, including, if
  applicable, a device that is an integral part of
  the display, in that it cannot be easily removed
  from the display by the consumer. A VDD may use
  a CRT, LCD, gas plasma, digital light processing
  or other image projection technology.
• PRC section 42463(t)

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Definition/Scope

• Definition of covered electronic device
• A video display device containing a screen
  greater than four inches, measured diagonally,
  that is identified in the regulations adopted by
  the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of
  Section 25214.10.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
• PRC section 42463(f)(1)

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Definition/Scope

• Definition of covered electronic device (cont.)
• Covered electronic device does not include any
  of the following
• (A) A video display device that is a part of a
  motor vehicle, as defined in Section 415 of the
  Vehicle Code, or any component part of a motor
  vehicle assembled by, or for, a vehicle
  manufacturer or franchised dealer, including
  replacement parts for use in a motor vehicle.
• (B) A video display device that is contained
  within, or a part of a piece of industrial,
  commercial, or medical equipment, including
  monitoring or control equipment.

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Definition/Scope

• Definition of covered electronic device (cont.)
• (C) A video display device that is contained
  within a clothes washer, clothes dryer,
  refrigerator, refrigerator and freezer, microwave
  oven, conventional oven or range, dishwasher,
  room air conditioner, dehumidifier, or air
  purifier.
• (D) An electronic device, on and after the date
  that it ceases to be a covered electronic device
  under subdivision (e) of Section 25214.10.1 of
  the Health and Safety Code.
• PRC section 42463(f)(2).

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Scope Determination

• The department shall adopt regulations that
  identify electronic devices that the department
  determines are presumed to be, when discarded, a
  hazardous waste pursuant to this chapter
• HSC section 25214.10.1(b)
• (electronic device video display device)

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CHAPTER 11 - APPENDIX X

• Subsection (c) Electronic wastes presumed to
  be hazardous
• Cathode ray tubes (CRT) gt 4 inches
• CRT devices containing CRT gt 4 inches
• Computer monitors containing CRT gt 4 inches
• Laptop computers with liquid crystal display
  (LCD) screens gt 4 inches
• LCD containing desktop monitors gt 4 inches
• Televisions containing CRT gt 4 inches
• Televisions containing LCD gt 4 inches
• Plasma televisions gt 4 inches

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Hundreds of new devices every year

• How should DTSC choose which devices it tests?
• By VDD type?
• By some other factors?

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Right now, everything with a CRT is covered
(CRT devices)

• Does it make more sense to go with type of video
  display instead of individual device type?
• E.G., All LCD containing devices instead of
  testing and listing LCD televisions, LCD desktop
  monitors, LCD DVD players.

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Possible factors

• Quantity in MSW stream (N)
• Degree of hazard (H)
• Combination (N x H)
• Quantity sold?
• Quantity recycled?
• Other reg. programs (cell phones)?
• Market (equal playing field)?

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What are your thoughts?

• How should DTSC choose which devices it tests?
• By VDD type?
• By some other factors?
• Other ideas?
• Please fill out a comment sheet