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

[Bob Spidell]

Looks like most of the battery recycling is legit: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling 

The other stuff, not necessarily: 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electronic-waste-e-waste/ 

Understand only caring about what's 'up the hill,' but the planet is a closed loop; it'll end up in our air and water eventually. 


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> 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 




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