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Re: Recycling Electronics
Recycling electronics is a big problem, because it takes a lot of work to tear those boxes down into their components. This is an area where technology might help. A couple of years ago I read about experiments in Europe on building consumer electronics out of special kinds of plastics with special kinds of fasteners. When heated to 300 or 400 degrees, all the fasteners would let go and the device would fall apart into its components so that they could be sorted and recycled with maximum efficiency. Haven't heard of that since, but that's the direction to go in.
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