On Sun, 18 May 2003 vance_at_neurotica.com wrote:
> On Sat, 17 May 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
> > > > > 4) EPA has declared your house a hazardous waste site due to all
> > > > > the PCBs.
> > >
> > > Is this a deliberate double-meaning of 'PCB' (PolyChlorinated
> > > Biphenyls .vs. Printed Circuit Boards)? THe former are what the EPA
> > > moans about (and are not that common in classic computers [1]) the
> > > latter are not particulalry hazardous...
> >
> > But they are classed as "hazardous waste" in California, and a growing
> > number of other states.
>
> But if it's your personal stuff, you can take a "household exemption".
Well, technically they are not considered "hazardous" until they enter the
waste stream.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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