I made some calls. None of them know how to deal with this. I called Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba, who referred me to Electronic Products Recycling Association. They don't have a clue. The City of Winnipeg website has a referral to Miller Environmental Corporation for hazardous waste. They Won't take it either. But when I phoned them, the woman looked up the regulations. Up to 10 residential smoke detectors can go in regular garbage. There is absolutely no way to recycle, but you can throw them out.
Rob Dyck
-----Original Message----- From: roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Trevor Cordes Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 3:32 PM To: MUUG Roundtable Subject: [RndTbl] fire alarms
OK, completely 100% off-topic, not even remotely unix related. But where else can I get the ear of a bunch of Winnipeggers?
Where the @#%^@ do I recycle fire alarms? E-waste won't take it because it contains hazardous material. Nothing on the City of Winnipeg site mentions fire alarms, even in their search function. Google doesn't know. The normal liquid-hazardous-waste place doesn't list them as acceptable.
So what does one do with these things that contain radioactive material? Next step: garbage, as I'm sure 99.9% of Winnipeggers do. _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable