Is this a step in the right direction?

I think many folks view the State of Maine as being rather backward but we're really out there on the bleeding edge of the progressive movement. Never really appreciated it till i started comparing how we do things to the way things are done in other parts of the country. A lot of the recycling stuff is just standard operating procedure for us and has been for years.

As someone with Libertarian leanings i'm not sure how i feel about us trending so far left but it is what is. Positive progress forward isn't necessarily a bad thing.

We've had that thing where the manufacturers pay a certain fee to sell televisions in our state for a while now. Not sure of the details but i believe it's helping to fund our CRT & electronics recycling program. As nearly as i can tell it seems to be working okay. It makes it financially viable for the larger e-waste recyclers to deal in proper CRT disposal ?

Ayn Rand surely wouldn't be happy. She warned against government and private industry getting into cahoots with each other. Artificially propping up any sector of business runs counter to the principle of a free market.



On the other hand ... there's the virtue of selfishness. The consumer (indirectly)ends up bearing the cost of proper disposal of their property at it's end of life whether they like it or not.