The forum may find this of interest.
--Mike

 Old computer parts hauled into California's recycling
 centers are more likely to wind up as toxic trash in
 Asia's waterways than as reused high-tech materials on
 store shelves, according to a report to be released today.
 While many consumers are led to believe their outdated
 equipment will be given a new life after being turned in
 for recycling, most often it winds up on a boat bound for
 China, India or Pakistan, where is it burned in rice
 fields or dumped into irrigation canals.
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