[GNHLUG] Re: Hosstraders Dead, but NEARFest Lives!!

[Bruce Dawson]

David Ecklein wrote:
> We have a parallel problem to this in many small NH towns (including ours,
> Rumney).  We are nickle-and-dimed at the dump for many things besides CRTs.
> Since they charge $5 to $10 to dispose of them, it is not uncommon to see a
> mattress rotting away in an otherwise beautiful ravine, or an old monitor
> leaching out into the groundwater who knows what, as a result.  Enforcement
> is difficult.
>
> Is there really no way to recycle monitors?  In the sense of reclaiming
> enough material to at least pay for the disposal.
>
> Sigh...
>   
In the US? Only with well-trained and skilled volunteers. Otherwise, if
the cost of labor doesn't get you, then the EPA will.

<Obligatory-Linux-insertion>
Of course, we could write some software that runs on Linux that drives
robots to disassemble computers/monitors/other hazardous waste, but why
bother (hint, prod).
</Obligatory-Linux-insertion>

--Bruce