[Shop-talk] Battery-operated tools....battery disposal tangent

[Randall]

> I know a lot of places take batteries, fluorescent bulbs, 
> etc. for recycling, but I have a sneaking suspicion--backed 
> up by some investigative reporting I've seen--that a lot of 
> the 'recycled' stuff ends up in rivers in China (presumably 
> after any valuable components and metals are removed).

Interesting.  That explains the disclaimer at http://www.lacsd.org/solidwaste/swfacilities/recyclecontact/hhw_e_waste/
"No electronic waste collected at these events is sent overseas."

I'm not arguing whether that is true or not; just didn't understand why it was worth mentioning.  Personally, I'm a lot less worried
about rivers in China than I am the landfill up the hill (from where I used to live).

Randall