{"id":3615,"date":"2011-05-24T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T10:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:11","slug":"used-cell-phone-bill-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/used-cell-phone-bill-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Used Cell Phone Bill Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/people-on-world.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1087\" title=\"people-on-world\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/people-on-world.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1087 lazyload\" title=\"people-on-world\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/people-on-world.gif\"><\/a>Illinois House in the United States has passed Senate Bill 2016, which forces manufacturers to be responsible for the recycling of their own products, including televisions.&nbsp; While old cell phones can be recycled through companies such as SellCell, many consumers are unaware of how to go about recycling bulkier items such as televisions, which contain dangerous toxins such as lead and mercury and can be hazardous to both the environment and to human health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts ultimate effect will be to increase the amount of electronic waste that\u2019s recycled, therefore decreasing the amount which winds up in the environment,\u201d says Rep Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), who sponsored the legislation that will 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