Waste Management

[cook-ting.livejournal.com]

I happen to have a great big pile of old circuit boards in my basement. I'd like to give them the toss, but they're toxic waste and I don't want them sitting in the landfill poisoning the water table. So, Davis Delinquents, how do I get rid of them? Who do I call?

I have no car and the sheer mass makes moving them anyplace but the curb a little senseless.

Comments

[ron_newman]

I have a related question: what should I do with one of those new-fangled fluorescent bulbs that broke while I was installing it? These things contain mercury so I don't want to throw it out.

Crazy Vapor

[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

I believe the mercury in fluorescent lamps is in vapor form, so if you broke the glass, it escaped and you're doomed. Probably be mad as a hatter by the end of the week.

Here's a link for more useful info: http://www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/hazardous/fluores.htm

Re: Crazy Vapor

[sarah-raz.livejournal.com]

hee.

[turil.livejournal.com]

"one of those new-fangled fluorescent bulbs that broke while I was installing it?"

Ron... What were you doing to that poor light bulb? And what exactly were you trying to install it in... :-)

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Burnt out fluorescent bulbs should be brought to the hazardous waste drop off days. I dunno about broken ones.