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javert | karma 3591 | avg karma 1.13 · 2012-07-11 10:34:11+00:00

Why isn't it viable to dump laptops with batteries in a landfill?

antidoh | karma 1276 | avg karma 1.81 · 2012-07-11 12:15:50+00:00

Batteries leak heavy metals and other chemicals, which then leach through the soil into the surrounding land, and into water supplies. Yum.

javert | karma 3591 | avg karma 1.13 · 2012-07-12 09:09:46+00:00

So create a startup that runs landfills where the chemicals don't leak.

toomuchcoffee | karma 369 | avg karma 1.77 · 2012-07-17 16:34:54+00:00

...but until that happens (if it ever does), presumably you're in 100% agreement that we'll need to make sure that batteries, and other toxic components of personal computing industry end up somewhere besides unprotected landfills.

Which is, of course, precisely the point of SF's decision not to support products that don't appear to have such safeguards built into their lifecycle.

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