Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse
Comparison of Manufacturer Registration Fees
May 2010
www.ecycleclearinghouse.org
State
Manufacturer Annual Registration
Fee
Annual Due Date
Covered Manufacturers
Comments/Other Exemptions
NO FEE
Manufactuers of Covered Electronic Devices,
Annual report due on July 1 for sales, materials usage, and other information. Some information may
video display devices with screens greater than 4 be submitted jointly with other manufacturers:
inches measured diagonally
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Electronics/Forms/CIWMB242.pdf
California
None
Missouri
None
Desktop and laptop computers, computer
monitors
Annual Report Due January 31 with summary of previous year's takeback program and any changes
Texas
None
Desktop and laptop computers, computer
monitors
Annual Report Due January 31 with summary of previous year's takeback program and any changes
Virginia
None
Desktop and laptop computers, computer
monitors
Annual Report Due January 31 with summary of previous year's takeback program and any changes
Hawaii
$5000 for CED (IT) and $2500 for TV
manufacturer (or $7500 if both TV
manufacturer and other CED
manufacutrer)
1-Jan
computers, printers, monitors and televisions
Manufacturers who manufacture 100 or fewer computers per year are exempt from this law.
Note: Exemption is not based on sales. Manufacturers who sell 100 or fewer computers per year in
Hawaii, yet manufacture more than 100 computers per year, are not exempt from this law.Exemption
does not apply to printers or monitors (or televisions).
Illinois
$5,000
1-Jul
Manufacturers of computer, monitor, television,
or printer
Law only requires those manufacturers wishing to sell their electronic products in the State to register
with the State, and pay the registration fee. However, the Illinois EPA will set an annual recycling goal
for computer/monitor/printer manufacturers with past products represented in return share data.
Beginning in 2012, manufacturers will also pay shortfall penalities based on the percentage of their
annual goal attained.
Maine
$3,000
1-Jul
Manufacturers of desktop printers, video game
consoles, digital picture frames, portable
computers, computer monitors, televisions,
and/or portable DVD players sold to households
The fee does not apply to manufacturers of televisions or game consoles that ceased all sales prior to
January 1, 2010. It also does not apply to manufacturers of computer monitors, portable notebook
computers, desktop printers or digital picture frames if a manufacturer ceased all sales prior to January
1, 2010 and less than 50 units of a manufacturer’s product were recycled through Maine’s e-waste
program in the past three years.
Maryland
$5000 or $500
1-Jan
Manufacturers of televisions, computers, and
computer montiors
Only applies to a manufacturer that manufactured an average of more than one thousand covered
electronic devices per year in the three-year period immediately preceding the initial registration
Michigan
$3,000
desktop and laptop computer, monitor, and
television manufacturers. Printer manufacturer
obligations begin April 1, 2011
Manufacturers are required to register and meet the takeback requirements if the manufacturer
manufactured, sold, or imported more than 50 covered computers in calendar year 2000 or any
subsequent calendar year or more than 50 covered video display devices in the previous calendar year.
North Carolina
$10,000 initial IT, then $1000; $2500
initial and annual TV
1-Jul
TV and computer manufacturers
A television manufacturer that sells 1,000 televisions or less per year is exempt from the requirement
to pay the registration fee. A manufacturer of computer equipment that sells 1,000 items of computer
equipment or less per year is exempt from the requirement to pay the
registration fee
New Jersey
1-Jan
manufacturers of monitors, desktop computers,
laptop computers, televisions
New York City
$5000 (or $10,000 if both TV
manufacturer and other CED
manufacutrer)
$1500 initial, see note
TBD
Manufactures of computer central processing
Manufacturer plans submitted to DSNY must pay a $1,500 fee per manufacturer in the plan and plans
unit; cathode ray tube; cathode ray tube device; must pay $1,250 with the annual report, but multiple manufacturers may participate in the same plan.
keyboard; electronic mouse or similar pointing
device; television; printer; computer monitor,
including but not limited to a liquid crystal
display and plasma screens, or similar video
display device that includes a screen that is
greater than four inches measured diagonally and
one or more circuit boards; a laptop or other
portable computer; or a ortable digital music
player that has memory
capability and is battery-powered.
Rhode Island
$5,000
1-Jan
West Virginia
Initial registration fee $10,000,
recurring fee of $5,000; With takeback
program $3000 initial, $500 recurring
1-Jan
Manufacturers of computers (CPUs), computer
monitors (CRT and flat panel), combination
units (CPUs with monitors), laptops (with a
screen greater then 9 inches diagonally),
televisions (including CRT, LCD and plasma
with a screen greater then 9 inches diagonally),
and similar video display devices with a screen
greater then 9 inches diagonally which contains a
circuit
board.
Television,
monitor, laptop and desktop
Only applies to a manufacturer that manufactured an average of more than one thousand covered
manufacturers
electronic devices per year in the three-year period immediately preceding the initial registration
FLAT FEE
30-Oct
Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse
Comparison of Manufacturer Registration Fees
May 2010
www.ecycleclearinghouse.org
VARIABLE BASED ON COMPANY SIZE
Statutory language: “All fees charged shall be based on factors relative to the costs of administering
such program and be based on a sliding scale that is representative of the manufacturer's market share
of covered electronic devices in the state.”
Connecticut
TBD by upcoming state reg
TBD
Minnesota
$2500 for manufacturers producing
more than 100 VDDs per year;
$1250 for a manufacturer who produces
fewer than 100 video display devices for
sale annually to households
1-Sep
Manufacturer of video display devices
Annual fee plus any shortfall based on recycling pound target goal. Sliding scale per lb based on
percentage of goal attained.
Oregon
Tiered based on market share, from $40
to $15,000
1-Jul
Manufacturers of computers, monitors and TVs
Tiers set based on total unit sales in all covered product categories
Tier 1 >
1% $15,000; Tier 2 0.1% ≤ 1% $5,000; Tier 3 0.01% < 0.1% $200 Tier 4 < 0.01% $40
Oklahoma
TBD in upcoming state reg
1-Mar
Manufacturers of Computers and monitors
Computers from households only.
Washington
Tiered based on market share, and
variable. In 210from $0 to $40,084.
1-Jul
Manufacturers of computers, monitors and TVs
Tiers set based on total unit sales in all covered product categories
2010: Tier 1
107,132 5% or greater $40,084; Tier 2 21,426 1% to < 5% $10,107; Tier 3 2,143 0.1% to < 1%
$1,617; Tier 4 643 0.03% to < 0.1% $178; Tier 5 214 0.01% to < 0.03% $74; Tier 6 1 Below 0.01%
$8; Tier 7 0 0 $0
Wisconsin
$5,000 for manufacturers that sell 250
CEDs or more
$1,250 for manufacturers that sell
between 25 and 249 units; and
$0 for manufacturers that sell fewer than
25 units.
1-Sep
Manufacturers of computers (i.e., desktop
computers); desktop printers and
printer/fax/copier/scanner combinations; and
video display devices, including televisions,
laptop computers and computer monitors with
displays of at least 7" in the longest diagonal
direction.
Annual fee plus any shortfall based on recycling pound target goal. Sliding scale per lb based on
percentage of goal attained.
Vermont
Initial fee •$5000 if you manufacture for
sale in VT more than 100 covered
electronic devices/year
•$1250 if you sell 20-100 covered
electronic devices
•No fee and no registration required for
manufacturers with sales of <20 covered
electronic devices/year.
Thereafter, fee is percentage of market
share "registration fee shall be
determined by multiplying the
manufacturer’s market share by the cost
to VT ANR of administering the
1-Jul
•computers
•computer monitors
•printers
•televisions
•devices containing a cathode ray tube