If a manufacturer meets its target recycling weight, which is 0.8 times the
weight of its covered electronic devices sold in a year, it is not required to pay a
shortfall fee. If a manufacturer exceeds its target recycling weight, it receives
credits, which it may use to meet its target recycling weight in any of the next three
years or which it may sell to other manufacturers for that purpose.
Penalties
A manufacturer may be required to pay a forfeiture (a civil monetary penalty)
of not more than $10,000 for each violation of the requirements in the substitute
amendment. The maximum forfeiture for a violation by any person other than a
manufacturer is $1,000.
Collectors
A collector is an entity that receives eligible electronic devices from individuals
and delivers them to recyclers. The substitute amendment requires a collector to
register annually with DNR if the collector delivers to a recycler eligible electronic
devices that will be recycled on behalf of a manufacturer. The substitute amendment
requires a collector to certify annually that it complies with the requirements in the
substitute amendment and with applicable health, environmental, safety, and
financial responsibility requirements. The substitute amendment also requires a
collector to report to DNR annually the total weight of covered electronic devices
collected and the names of recyclers to whom the collector delivered covered
electronic devices.
Recyclers
A recycler is an entity that accepts eligible electronic devices from individuals
and collectors and prepares the devices for use in manufacturing or recovers useable
materials from the devices. The substitute amendment requires a recycler to
register annually with DNR if it recycles eligible electronic devices on behalf of a
manufacturer.
The substitute amendment requires a registered recycler to comply with a
number of requirements, including maintaining liability insurance, ensuring that it
has funds available to wind up its business and repair any environmental
contamination caused by the business, and maintaining records that show the
weight of materials that it recovers from eligible electronic devices that are actually
recycled and the weight of materials that are disposed of in a landfill or incinerated.
The substitute amendment requires a registered recycler to certify annually that it
complies with the requirements in the substitute amendment and with applicable
requirements under other laws concerning health and safety training for employees
and the storage, transportation, processing, and exporting of eligible electronic
devices and materials recovered from those devices.
The substitute amendment prohibits a recycler from using prison labor to
recycle eligible electronic devices on behalf of a manufacturer.
The substitute amendment requires a recycler to report to DNR twice annually
the total weight of eligible electronic devices collected in this state that it receives for
recycling on behalf of manufacturers.

Retailers
The substitute amendment requires a retailer to provide information to
purchasers describing how eligible electronic devices can be collected and recycled
and describing the prohibitions on disposing of electronic devices in landfills, as
described below.
Other provisions
Landfill and incineration ban
Current law prohibits various items, including lead acid batteries and major
appliances, from being disposed of in landfills and from being incinerated. This
substitute amendment prohibits the disposal in landfills and the incineration of
televisions, computer monitors, computers, computer peripherals, facsimile
machines, digital video players, video recorders, and telephones with video displays.
The prohibition takes effect on September 1, 2010. The substitute amendment
authorizes DNR to expand the prohibition to other kinds of electronic devices if
disposing of the electronic devices in landfills may be harmful to human health or the
environment and also authorizes DNR to exempt a kind of electronic device from the
prohibition.
Audits
This substitute amendment authorizes DNR to perform or contract for the
performance of an audit of the activities of a registered collector or a registered
recycler. The substitute amendment requires the collector or recycler to pay a
portion of the cost of the audit.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB107-SSA1, s. 1 1Section 1. 20.370 (2) (hr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB107-SSA1,4,42 20.370 (2) (hr) Electronic waste recycling. From the recycling and renewable
3energy fund, all moneys received under s. 287.17 (4) and (10) (j) for administration
4of the electronic waste recycling program under s. 287.17.
SB107-SSA1, s. 2 5Section 2. 25.49 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB107-SSA1,4,66 25.49 (1m) The moneys received under s. 287.17 (4) and (10) (j).
SB107-SSA1, s. 3 7Section 3. 287.07 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB107-SSA1,5,38 287.07 (5) Electronic devices. (a) Beginning on September 1, 2010, no person
9may dispose of in a solid waste disposal facility, burn in a solid waste treatment
10facility, or place in a container the contents of which will be disposed of in a solid

1waste disposal facility or burned in a solid waste treatment facility, any of the
2following devices, unless the device is of a kind exempted by a rule promulgated
3under s. 287.17 (10) (i):
SB107-SSA1,5,44 1. A peripheral, as defined in s. 287.17 (1) (j).
SB107-SSA1,5,55 3. A facsimile machine.
SB107-SSA1,5,66 4. A digital video disc player.
SB107-SSA1,5,87 5. A digital video player that does not use a disc and that is not a camera, as
8defined in s. 287.17 (1) (a).
SB107-SSA1,5,99 6. A video cassette recorder.
SB107-SSA1,5,1110 7. A video recorder that does not use a cassette and that is not a camera, as
11defined in s. 287.17 (1) (a).
SB107-SSA1,5,1212 8. A covered electronic device, as defined in s. 287.17 (1) (f).
SB107-SSA1,5,1313 9. A telephone with a video display.
SB107-SSA1,5,1514 10. Another kind of electronic device identified by the department under s.
15287.17 (10) (i).
SB107-SSA1,5,2016 (b) The operator of a solid waste disposal facility or a solid waste treatment
17facility shall make a reasonable effort to manually separate, and arrange to have
18recycled, a consumer video display device, as defined in s. 287.17 (1) (em), that is
19readily observable in solid waste that is delivered to the facility for disposal or
20burning unless the operator determines that one of the following applies:
SB107-SSA1,5,2321 1. Separating the device is not practical or would require the operator to
22implement measures to protect human health or safety in addition to any measures
23taken in the ordinary course of business.
SB107-SSA1,5,2524 2. The device has been damaged in such a way that recycling is not feasible or
25practical.
SB107-SSA1, s. 4
1Section 4. 287.09 (2) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
SB107-SSA1,6,42 287.09 (2) (ar) Provide information to persons in its region about the
3prohibitions under s. 287.07 (5) (a), why it is important to recycle electronic devices,
4and opportunities available to those persons for recycling electronic devices.
SB107-SSA1, s. 5 5Section 5. 287.13 (5) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB107-SSA1,6,76 287.13 (5) (i) Solid waste that consists of eligible electronic devices, as defined
7in s. 287.17 (1) (gs), used by households.
SB107-SSA1, s. 6 8Section 6. 287.17 of the statutes is created to read:
SB107-SSA1,6,9 9287.17 Electronic waste recycling. (1) Definitions. In this section:
SB107-SSA1,6,1110 (a) "Camera" means a device that records images and that is designed to be
11hand-held.
SB107-SSA1,6,1312 (am) "Cathode-ray tube" means a vacuum tube used to convert an electronic
13signal into a visual image.
SB107-SSA1,6,1614 (b) "Collection" means the act of receiving eligible electronic devices from
15households and delivering, or arranging for the delivery of, the eligible electronic
16devices to a recycler.
SB107-SSA1,6,1917 (c) "Collector" means a person who receives eligible electronic devices from
18households and delivers, or arranges for the delivery of, the eligible electronic devices
19to a recycler.
SB107-SSA1,6,2220 (d) "Computer monitor" means an electronic device that is a cathode-ray tube
21or flat panel display primarily intended to display information from a consumer
22computer or the Internet.
SB107-SSA1,7,223 (e) "Consumer computer" means a high-speed data processing device for
24performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions that is marketed by the
25manufacturer for use by households, except that "consumer computer" does not

1include an automated typewriter or typesetter, a portable hand-held calculator or
2device, or other similar device.
SB107-SSA1,7,43 (eg) 1. "Consumer printer" means, except as provided in subd. 2., one of the
4following that is marketed by the manufacturer for use by households:
SB107-SSA1,7,55 a. A desktop printer.
SB107-SSA1,7,76 b. A device that prints and has other functions, such as copying, scanning, or
7sending facsimiles, and that is designed to be placed on a work surface.
SB107-SSA1,7,98 2. "Consumer printer" does not include a calculator with printing capabilities
9or a label maker.
SB107-SSA1,7,1310 (em) "Consumer video display device" means a television or computer monitor
11with a tube or screen that is at least 7 inches in its longest diagonal measurement
12and that is marketed by the manufacturer for use by households, except that
13"consumer video display device" does not include any of the following:
SB107-SSA1,7,1614 1. A television or computer monitor that is part of a motor vehicle and that is
15incorporated into the motor vehicle by, or for, a motor vehicle manufacturer or a
16franchised motor vehicle dealer.
SB107-SSA1,7,1917 2. A television or computer monitor that is contained within a clothes washer,
18clothes dryer, refrigerator, freezer, microwave oven, conventional oven or stove,
19dishwasher, room air conditioner, dehumidifier, or air purifier.
SB107-SSA1,7,2120 (f) "Covered electronic device" means a consumer video display device, a
21consumer computer, or a consumer printer.
SB107-SSA1,7,2422 (g) "Dwelling unit" means a single unit providing complete, independent living
23facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living,
24sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
SB107-SSA1,8,2
1(gm) "Electronic device" means a device that requires electric current or
2electromagnetic fields to function and that contains a circuit board.
SB107-SSA1,8,53 (gs) "Eligible electronic device" means a device that is one of the following and
4that is used by a household primarily for personal use, unless the device is of a kind
5exempted by a rule promulgated under s. 287.17 (10) (i):
SB107-SSA1,8,66 1. A consumer computer.
SB107-SSA1,8,77 2. A peripheral.
SB107-SSA1,8,88 3. A facsimile machine.
SB107-SSA1,8,99 4. A digital video disc player.
SB107-SSA1,8,1010 4m. A digital video player that does not use a disc and that is not a camera.
SB107-SSA1,8,1111 5. A video cassette recorder.
SB107-SSA1,8,1212 5m. A video recorder that does not use a cassette and that is not a camera.
SB107-SSA1,8,1313 6. A consumer video display device.
SB107-SSA1,8,1414 6m. A consumer printer.
SB107-SSA1,8,1615 7. Another kind of electronic device identified by the department under sub.
16(10) (i).
SB107-SSA1,8,1817 (h) "Household" means one or more individuals who occupy one dwelling unit
18in a detached or multiunit building.
SB107-SSA1,8,1919 (i) "Manufacturer" means a person who does any of the following:
SB107-SSA1,8,2120 1. Manufactures covered electronic devices to be sold under the person's own
21brand.
SB107-SSA1,8,2322 2. Sells covered electronic devices manufactured by others under the person's
23own brand.
SB107-SSA1,8,2524 3. Except as provided in sub. (1m), licenses the person's brand for manufacture
25and sale of covered electronic devices by others.
SB107-SSA1,9,3
1(j) "Peripheral" means a keyboard or any other device, other than a consumer
2printer, that is sold exclusively for external use with a consumer computer and that
3provides input into or output from a consumer computer.
SB107-SSA1,9,54 (jm) "Program quarter" means a 3-month period ending on March 31, June 30,
5September 30, or December 31.
SB107-SSA1,9,66 (k) "Program year" means the period from July 1 to the following June 30.
SB107-SSA1,9,97 (L) "Recycler" means a person who accepts eligible electronic devices from
8households and collectors for the purpose of recycling. "Recycler" does not include
9a manufacturer who accepts products exclusively for refurbishing or repair.
SB107-SSA1,9,1510 (m) "Recycling" means preparing eligible electronic devices for use in
11manufacturing processes or for recovery of useable materials and delivering the
12materials for use. "Recycling" does not include destruction by incineration or other
13processes or land disposal of recyclable materials and does not include reuse, repair,
14or any other process through which eligible electronic devices are returned for use
15by households in their original form.
SB107-SSA1,9,1616 (mg) "Registered collector" means a collector who is registered under sub. (7).
SB107-SSA1,9,1717 (mr) "Registered recycler" means a recycler who is registered under sub. (8).
SB107-SSA1,9,2018 (n) "Retailer" means a person who sells a covered electronic device to a
19household in this state, in person or by mail, telephone, or the Internet, for use by
20the household.
SB107-SSA1,9,2121 (nm) "Rural county" means a county that is not an urban county.
SB107-SSA1,9,2222 (o) "Sell" means to transfer title or right to use for consideration.
SB107-SSA1,9,2523 (p) "Television" means an electronic device, with a cathode ray-tube or flat
24panel display, primarily intended to receive video programming via broadcast, cable,

1or satellite transmission or to receive video images from surveillance or similar
2cameras.
SB107-SSA1,10,103 (pm) "Urban county" means Brown County, Calumet County, Chippewa
4County, Dane County, Dodge County, Douglas County, Dunn County, Eau Claire
5County, Fond du Lac County, Grant County, Green County, Jefferson County,
6Kenosha County, LaCrosse County, Lincoln County, Manitowoc County, Marathon
7County, Marinette County, Milwaukee County, Outagamie County, Ozaukee County,
8Pierce County, Portage County, Racine County, Rock County, Sauk County,
9Sheboygan County, St. Croix County, Walworth County, Washington County,
10Waukesha County, Winnebago County, or Wood County.
SB107-SSA1,10,16 11(1m) Transfer of manufacturer responsibilities. If a person who licenses the
12person's brand for manufacture and sale of covered electronic devices by another
13enters into a contract with the licensee under which the licensee assumes the
14responsibilities that arise under sub. (2) (a) from the sale of those covered electronic
15devices, the licensee, rather than the licensor, is the manufacturer of the covered
16electronic devices.
SB107-SSA1,10,20 17(2) Requirements for sale of covered electronic devices. (a) Manufacturers.
18Beginning on December 1, 2009, a manufacturer may not sell to a household, offer
19to sell to a household, or deliver to retailers for subsequent sale to a household a new
20covered electronic device unless all of the following apply:
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