[GPSCC-chat] Notes from General Meeting--December Party!

[Jim Stauffer]

That wasn't suppose to be "recycle." CDs and DVDs are suppose to be disposed 
as hazardous waste. We would provide the service of taking them to the county 
hazardous disposal site, thereby precluding people from throwing them in the 
garbage.

Jim




On 11/16/2010 3:37 PM, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
>
> I didn't want to interrupt the meeting for this, but
> how does one "recycle" CDs and DVDs?  CDs are made of
> polycarbonate, with a layer of aluminum so thin it's
> not worth recovering but thick enough to contaminate
> the stock.  DVDs the same except there's some
> organic dye instead of Al.  I can see burning them
> for fuel, or melting them into picnic tables, but I never
> heard of polycarbonate recycling.  It's the "#7" plastic,
> and San Jose takes #1 through #6 curbside.
>
> -Cameron
>
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