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Re: [LUG] metal recycling (silver from cd roms)

 

> something has occured to me, when looking at posts relating to giving
> away magazines  / cdroms
>
> I think a few recycling companies pay money for people who collect
> aluminium can's (good for charities),  Just wondered if any collect cd's
> to extract the silver metal (more valuable in some cases), from cd's  as
> this could be a good fund raiser,  for either a ) the lug or partner
> organisations,  if there are such companies I am sure as a lug,  we have
> lots of cd's we could donate,  which in turn could raise money for
> related causes,  e.g ukfsn,  which gives grants for project,
>
>
> so the lug collect,  cd's,  we get the money from them,  give this to
> the ukfsn (or similar charity),  and we oursleves can apply for grants,
> from that for    specific projects,
>
> not sure if this would work,  not sure how much silver is in recordable
> cd's  but i have lots here,  and most are so out of date, (normal cd's)
> there must be quite a lot of silver.
>
> anyone got any suggestions, or live near a company that does this,  and
> could approach to see if they can help or would be interested,  after
> all both sides benefit, here.
>
> Paul
>
> --

/me puts work head on

I work for a company who are heavily involved with recycling.. I will ask
our env dept to see what they reckon on this...


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