"Some stakeholders have argued that no product should be subject to stewardship EOL management requirements unless the cost of EOL management for that product has been paid to the steward. This leads to the concept of “historic” waste; that is, EOL electronic products that are in use but for which no money has been paid to provide for EOL management.”
Meta-Actor: Government
Source Document: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/mineralsmetals/pdf/mms-smm/busi-indu/rad-rad/pdf/elec-sfr-eng.pdf
Date: March 31, 2006