Electronic Waste Recycling Fee

Learn about California's Electronic Waste Recycling Act, which adds a waste recycling fee to some computer and television purchases.

Effective January 1, 2009, California increased its Electronic Waste Recycling (eWaste) Fee to a range from $8 to $25 dollars depending on screen size. California's eWaste fees are collected on in-state sales of covered electronic devices (CEDs). The state uses these revenues to fund safe, cost-free, convenient collection and recycling of CEDs which contain hazardous materials.

What this means to UCSD

• STORE and UCSD Bookstore include the additional fee in recharges for computer purchases.
• Outside suppliers include the fee in quotations and on invoices.

The fee is based on the screen size of the electronic device:

Covered electronic devices (CEDs) include:

• Computer monitors
• Laptop computers
• Portable DVD players with liquid crystal display (LCD) screens
• Bare cathode ray tubes and devices containing cathode ray tubes
• Televisions with
  • LCD screens
  • Plasma screens
  • Cathode ray tubes

More information

• eRecycle.org
• Electronic Waste Recycling Fee
• California Electronic Waste Management

Questions?

• STORE orders, contact a customer service representative, (858) 534-7467.
• UCSD Bookstore orders, contact Bookstore Computer Center, (858) 534-4291.
• Outside supplier orders, contact Bryan Hurley, 534-1940.

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Environmentally Friendly Buying

• Preferable Purchasing
• Buying Energy-Efficient Equipment
• Toner Recycling
• Electronic Waste Recycling Fee