[sllug-members]: Electronics recycling

[Kurt Mahan]

A question about electronics recycling.

What is the proper way to dispose of smoke detectors that contain
radioactive material?

I went to one of the local hazardous waste collection events here in
Holladay.  The people refused to take them saying that it was too
expensive to properly handle the material.  I was told to just throw
them in the regular trash.

Do electronics recyclers take these?  And properly dispose of them?

Thanks,

Kurt


On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 04:21:18PM -0600, Walt Haas wrote:
> GRXRecycles (http://www.grxrecycles.com) now has a Salt Lake
> operation.  GRX is a Denver company that won a contract with the
> State of Utah to recycle used computers and general electronic junk.
> What makes GRX different is that they claim to recycle about 97% of
> everything you give them, using domestic workers.  Their process is
> described on their web site.
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