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[ILUG] Pc's For Christmass

[ILUG] Pc's For Christmass

John P. Looney valen at tuatha.org
Tue Dec 10 14:36:03 GMT 2002


On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 02:28:02PM -0000, Justin MacCarthy mentioned:
> I read recently (slashdot ?) that HP wants to make manufactures take back
> their machines for recycling. Sounds like a good idea to me.

 Er, they'll only take back their own, and only take back ones made after
the date the law goes in (so you pay for recycling when you buy the box).

 There is no magic bullet when it comes to toxic waste.

John, still with memories of working on the rubbish in beaumont hospital,
and asking (to no avail) why we were throwing surgical waste (organs,
blood soaked bandages etc.) into the same lorry as we were throwing the
paper waste.




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