In September 2021 a resolution was filed by Council Member John S. Lee who proposed legislation by the City of Los Angeles, to ban the import and sale of aftermarket, single-use, new built printer cartridges.
On 29 March the Council of the City of Los Angeles unanimously voted to adopt the Resolution filed that will ban the import and sale of aftermarket, single-use, new-built printer cartridges.
In the Resolution Lee describes that the number of new-built, single use cartridges is growing rapidly and adds that “when these imported single-use printer cartridges are removed from printers, they are not classified as e-waste but rather just waste with no value for recyclers or remanufacturers”.
