Get a new flat-screen TV for Christmas and wondering what to do with that old console? If you're in Vermont or 23 other states it won't do to haul it to the landfill.

Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina have new laws banning electronic waste from landfills. That brings to 24 the number of states with similar measures.

Most cover everything from computers and televisions to personal digital assistants, game consoles and stereo components. And most call on manufacturers to help pay for recycling programs.

Walter Alcorn of the Consumer Electronics Association says the industry supports recycling. He says its only worry is about a patchwork of laws in 24 states.