Sony, Toshiba to cut TV recycling rate

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Major Japanese electronics makers Sony Corp and Toshiba Corp plan to lower the recycling charge for cathode-ray tube television sets with 15-inch or smaller screens from Nov 1. The move is aimed mainly at encouraging recycling at a time when an increasing number of consumers are expected to replace TVs toward the switchover from analog terrestrial TV broadcasting to digital services in July 2011.

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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co has already announced a similar recycling rate cut.

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Sony and Toshiba will lower the recycling rate for 15-inch or smaller CRT TVs to 1,785 yen per unit from 2,835 yen, while the rate for larger models will be kept unchanged at 2,835 yen.

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Toshiba will also reduce the recycling charge for compact refrigerators with a capacity of 170 liters or less to 3,780 yen from 4,830 yen and that for home-use air conditioners to 2,625 yen from 3,150 yen.

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