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Buy A Bike In California, Pay A $7 Disposal Fee?
FEBRUARY 24, 2005 -- SACRAMENTO, CA (BRAIN)--Under a bill recently introduced in California, anyone who buys a new bike should pay the state $7 for the machine's eventual disposal. Assembly Bill No. 1103 would establish the Bicycle Recycling and Disposal Program.
Betty Karnette, a Democrat from Long Beach who introduced the bill, would exempt used bicycle sales from the charge. The bill points out that California has an escalating number of bicycles slated for disposal. More 250,000 bicycles are disposed of in the state annually. Fewer than 3,000 of them are recycled.
The scarcity of bicycle reuse, recycling and disposal centers, and the charges imposed on consumers for landfilling used bicycles create economic disincentives for recycling that could be addressed through a recycling incentive program.
An additional $7 on a high-end road bike would not be significant, but on $25 mass market bike it would add significantly to consumer cost and potentially impact sales.
Buy A Bike In California, Pay A $7 Disposal Fee?
FEBRUARY 24, 2005 -- SACRAMENTO, CA (BRAIN)--Under a bill recently introduced in California, anyone who buys a new bike should pay the state $7 for the machine's eventual disposal. Assembly Bill No. 1103 would establish the Bicycle Recycling and Disposal Program.
Betty Karnette, a Democrat from Long Beach who introduced the bill, would exempt used bicycle sales from the charge. The bill points out that California has an escalating number of bicycles slated for disposal. More 250,000 bicycles are disposed of in the state annually. Fewer than 3,000 of them are recycled.
The scarcity of bicycle reuse, recycling and disposal centers, and the charges imposed on consumers for landfilling used bicycles create economic disincentives for recycling that could be addressed through a recycling incentive program.
An additional $7 on a high-end road bike would not be significant, but on $25 mass market bike it would add significantly to consumer cost and potentially impact sales.
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