Tech: Digest

Disposal tax to check mountain of e-waste

The central government will levy a new trash disposal tax on all foreign consumer electronics from July 1 next year, according to mainland media reports. The tax is designed to offset the cost of dealing with discarded computers, cathode ray tube monitors and other hardware that finds its way into mainland landfills.

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