E-Waste Registration Fee

Registration is required to sell video display devices to Minnesota households. Brands of video display devices must be registered with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; brands that are not registered cannot be sold to households in Minnesota.

Registered stakeholders are required to report on their activities with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency under Minnesota's Electronics Recycling Act. Minnesota's program years end June 30.

• Collectors and recyclers: Reports due July 15
• Manufacturers: Reports due August 15

To report Video Display Devices (VDD's) after June 30, 2017, you must  go to https://www.pca.state.mn.us/quick-links/reporting. 

Contact MPCA's electronics program for assistance at electronics.pca@state.mn.us, 651-757-2794, or  1-800-657-3864 toll free.

• Electronically through e-Services, by debit or credit card, or by ACH credit

The total registration fee is equal to a base fee of $2,500 for those manufacturers who sold 100 or more VDDs to Minnesota households during the previous period, plus a variable recycling fee based on collection shortfalls for the reporting period. ​

See Buying and Selling Pounds on the MPCA website for details.

​If a manufacturer exceeds their 80 percent requirement, the excess is carried over as a recycling credit that can be used for future years.

As of July 2009, a manufacturer can use this carryover credit to meet up to 25 percent of its annual recycling obligation. The credits don't expire, and the manufacturer may sell them to another manufacturer, if desired.