Happy New Year floor model MFP buyers in Ontario Canada. You now get to spend ten times as much for the environmental fees (WEEE fees) for your new acquisition come Jan 1 2013.
After a recent review of the fees charged for a range of electronic products under the Ontario Electronic Stewardship Program the new 2013 schedule has been published. While fees have gone up for most products the real surprise is the fee for floor model printers and MFP printers which increase from the current $32.50 per unit to $341.20 per unit. This is clearly the most significant increase in the new schedule and one which is now going to make the OES fee (commonly called the WEEE fee) an important consideration for anyone purchasing these units.
Caution: Read Your Quote Carefully
I my opinion, it is going to lead to confusion when buyers are trying to compare quotations on similar units from differing vendors. Unfortunately, there is no standardization on how these fees are shown. more here
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