Philips accepts recycling responsibility

They campaigned and it worked. Note that activism can achieve things: VICTORY! Philips accepts recycling responsibility | Greenpeace International: "Philips had been the biggest obstacle in the electronics industry to tackling the growing problem of e-waste. And we have been calling on them since 2007 to stop actively opposing laws that would oblige electronics producers to accept financial responsibility for the recycling of their own products.
After several actions and 47,000 messages from our supporters, the company has finally agreed to our demands. This is a big step forward, and makes Philips a new green leader in the electronics sector."
It's important that these things happen at the level of the producers; too many things devolved to consumers will not happen widely enough because of laziness and cussed contrariness. If we do it right in the first place we won't need to clear up the mess!