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Enacting a new Chapter 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Electronic Equipment Collection, Recycling and Reuse" to establish an electronics recycling system that ensures the safe and environmentally sound handling, recycling, or reuse of electronic waste, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHIILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. A new Chapter 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Electronic Equipment Collection, Recycling and Reuse," is hereby enacted, to read as follows:
CHAPTER 9-3300. ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT COLLECTION, RECYCLING AND REUSE.
§9-3301. This local ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Electronic Equipment Collection, Recycling and Reuse Ordinance".
§9-3302. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Brand name" means a manufacturer's name, brand designation, make or model name or number, or other nomenclature by which covered electronic equipment is offered for sale by a manufacturer.
(b) "Cathode ray tube" means a vacuum tube or picture tube used to convert an electronic signal into a visual image.
(c) "Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other high-speed data processing device performing a logical, arithmetic or storage function, and may include both a computer central processing unit and a monitor; but such term shall not include an automated typewriter or typesetter, a portable hand-held calculator, a portable digital assistant, or other similar device.
(d) "Covered electronic equipment" means any computer central processing unit; cathode ray tube; cathode ray tube device; 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; ...
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