Product stewardship is responsible 21st century "waste" management

by Kara Steward, Waste 2 Resources ProgramThe E-Cycle Program collects and recycles televisions, monitors, and computers.Do you ever wonder how local governments ended up responsible for waste management? A century ago, crowding and waste in industrial cities gave rise to repeated disease epidemics. Fear of these epidemics created political support for public investment in sanitation