In Ontario, Canada, there's a group called the OES which is regulated by the government, which is basically another tax agency that collects funds that's supposed to be for recycling costs. Any time you buy electronics from most stores, you'll pay an extra few bucks on an e-waste recycling fee. Those fees are supposed to go towards community recycling services. However, most districts don't even have them, and Ontario district garbage collection isn't even collecting e-waste anymore. Instead, there are private dumps that charge money for you to dispose of e-waste.
The OES is a joke.
If you want to lobby for e-waste disposal, call your local government to have your local recycling plant collect it, and refuse to pay a consumers tax at point of sale.
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