Here in the Netherlands, we also pay environmental fees for most machines we buy - this money finances other environment-programmes. We have,for instance, an adequate pickup-service for small chemical waste (batteries, paint and stuff) which visits most Dutch houses regularly. Also, when you buy products that isolate houses (currently, you have to buy over 20 square meters of isolation) you can apply for a deduction - 30 to 70% of the costs, depending on the type and isolation-value of material, can be deducted this way. Projects like these are all financed by the fees we pay for 'polluting' hardware. Works like a charm, if you ask me. Last time I heard, there was actually more money coming in than out, so the gouvernment tuned down some fees.