Quite true ... it isn't a perfect world and we already have a mess on our hands that needs to be cleaned up. The government is already involved. There are a lot of state programs underway across the U.S. The potential for something good to come from it is there if they manage it wisely.

The point i'm trying to get across is : Let's take a step back and re-think things a bit. Whenever somebody says that there's a problem the first answer that often comes to mind is that we need a new law or a new department within government to deal with it.

Instead of doing that ... why don't we ask what WE can do to deal with it ?

It seems irresponsible and selfish for someone to just scrap what they can from a TV and leave a trail of toxic waste in their wake.

Perhaps we could make another choice ? That way the government would have no cause to be getting up in our stuff ?