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How not to clean up.(Science And Environment)
How Not to Clean Up
Dana Joel Gattuso, "Mandated Recycling of Electronics: A Lose-Lose-Lose Proposition," Competitive Enterprise Institute Issue Analysis, February 2, 2005 (cei.org)
Americans trash 2 million tons of old computers and other forms of electronic waste annually. While that's only a tiny fraction of the nation's total waste stream, the issue has been creating heaps of hype and hysteria about what to do with the "e-waste." One result: in California, if you buy a TV or home computer from a manufacturer this year, you will pay a $6 to $10 fee to finance a costly, statewide program to collect and recycle all used monitors. Moreover, the plan demands that manufacturers phase out all lead, mercury, cadmium, and other substances crucial to personal computers by 2007.
Researcher Dana Joel Gattuso contends that lawmaker panic is based on misinformation from powerful eco-activist groups who insist that electronic waste reflects the intolerable ills of a "throwaway" society. Such groups have ...
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Byline: Dana Joel Gattuso, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Supposedly, we face a major...and misinformation spread by agenda-driven pressure groups. Dana Joel Gattuso is an adjunct scholar with the Competitive Enterprise Institute...
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...recycling fees to finance government programs carries enormous costs and will cripple technological innovation, said Dana Joel Gattuso, the report's author. "Most of the hysteria over this is based on information that hasn't been substantiated...
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...deep, 44-square-mile landfill could accommodate the United States' garbage for the next 1,000 years," said Dana Joel Gattuso, a researcher at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think tank in Washington, D.C. In a...
- TAKING BACK THE LEAD.
- Newspaper article from: Asbestos & Lead Abatement Report June 1, 2002 700+ words
...org/ps293.pdf. "Mandatory programs don't give manufacturers incentives to help the environment," said Dana Joel Gattuso, an author of the report. "They give them incentives to reduce the fees they pay. These fees push manufacturers...
- Correction.(Correction Notice)
- Magazine article from: Waste News April 25, 2005 700+ words
The name of Dana Joel Gattuso, an author of a report for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, was misspelled on Page 13 of the March 28 issue.
- Electronic waste.(LETTERS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times July 15, 2005 700+ words
Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Dana Joel Gattuso's opinion column on electronic waste ("E-waste: Electronic paperweight crisis?" Commentary, Tuesday) was factually inaccurate...
- Straight scoop on e-waste.(LETTERS)(FORUM)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 21, 2005 700+ words
...These members of Congress know, unless federal legislation is enacted that imposes these costs across the board, their states will suffer a severe competitive disadvantage. DANA JOEL GATTUSO Adjunct scholar Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Clearing the air on Bush's new plan.(COMMENTARY)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times July 8, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Dana Joel Gattuso, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Whether or not you support President Bush's new air pollution reforms depends on one thing...