China bans toxic American computer junk

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Jun 9 12:39:45 2002

On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, John Allain wrote:

> > Speaking of which, I have quite a few pounds of nicads I
> > need to get recycled.
> > Can anyone here recommend a company for that?
>
> Drop in to your local Fire Department and ask. They know more about
> hazmats than the average person, and could further direct you. Where
> I live there's two annual open collection days when you can just give
> your hazmats right to them. (I expect you've been to your local dump
> already?)

I'll check into that. I've heard that there are companies out there that
will even send you a bucket (or drum, for the larger companies) free of
charge for you to fill and send back to them (postage paid). AFAIK, the
local collection sites here won't accept nicads and SLA batteries (tried
to give them small SLA batteries several times). Scrap metal companies
dealing in lead will accept SLA batteries though, but not nicads. IIRC, it
is illegal (federal law?) to dispose of nicad and lead batteries in a
landfill.

-Toth
Received on Sun Jun 09 2002 - 12:39:45 BST