Bills tackle disposal of computers: Statewide program eyed

There's no convenient way to recycle polluting, old computers because many counties don't offer recycling, or offer it only once or twice a year.

But Del. Dan K. Morhaim, D-Baltimore County, has proposed a solution. He submitted two bills: to establish a statewide computer recycling program supported by fees collected when computers are purchased, and to require new computers to be manufactured in a way that makes disassembling and recycling them easier.

The bills have been heard by the Environmental Matters Committee, which is considering combining them.

The computer disposal problem is critical. The number of outdated...