[sllug-members]: Electronics recycling

[Walt Haas]

Google is our friend.  It found:

  http://www.wmoem.org/FirePrevention/sddisposal.htm

Kurt Mahan <kmahan at xmission.com> wrote:

> 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?
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