Amazon posted an announcement on its Seller Announcements Board warning sellers of California's eWaste Act.

"As you may be aware, the state of California has recently passed a law, known as the Electronic Waste Recycling Act (the "eWaste Act"), under which retailers may need to pay a fee to the state of California for each "covered electronic device" (generally, products with video display screens exceeding four inches) sold to a California consumer after December 31, 2004. If you sell any of those kinds of products to consumers after that date, under the terms of the eWaste Act, you may need to either collect the applicable fee from the customer or provide an express statement on the sales receipt that the merchant elects to pay the fee on behalf of the consumer."

Amazon said it does not currently have functionality to separately charge and collect fees due under the eWaste Act.

"In order to facilitate compliance with the eWaste Act, commencing January 1, 2005, Amazon.com will include in each order confirmation e-mail a statement (the specific wording of which we will determine and may modify from time to time) indicating that the merchant has elected to pay any fees due under the eWaste Act on behalf of the consumer. In the future, Amazon.com may implement functionality that allows qualifying merchants to separately charge and collect fees due under the eWaste Act."

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