SERDC is a regional non profit focusing on uniting industry, government and non government organizations to promote sustainable recycling in the Southeast. The May newsletter is posted here.

Among the topics included in this issue —

• Alabama has passed a bill to increase recycling efforts. House Bill 395, the Waste and Recyclable Materials Management Act, will levy a $1.00 per ton surcharge on the tipping fee at landfills. The fee is expected to generate approximately $7.6 million annually which will be used n part to support the enhancement of local recycling efforts.
• Virginia addresses computer recovery & recycling through the Computer Recovery and Recycling Act. This Act will require the manufacturer of more than 500 items of computer equipment to adopt and implement a recovery plan providing for the reasonably convenient collection, recycling, and reuse of computer equipment returned by a consumer in the Commonwealth. The provisions of this Act become effective on July 1, 2009.