TomW;
I know this is days past , but I'm having a REAL BAD week.
So if you don't mind I'd like to add to this comment.
YOUR comment is spot on!!! as they say
The company I work with is one of those so called big corporations and we give things away.
To the poster who lambasted you, he might want to read past history post before spewing out crap.
To those who might want to try this illegal move, if you get caught you go to jail!!
I'll be the one to help put you there, I don't want fools like that messing things upfor the honest people.
Most of the medium to large companies now deal with certified companies that will recycle items correctly. They have to.
In small quanites most will let you take whatever you can safely remove, so long as you can prove you know what you're doing with it.
Most of the other stuff has been mandated to be able to prove that it has been corectly recycled otherwise there's big fines.1000s/ of dollars of fines...
In the past I have offered NiCD batt packs for free merely cover the shipping costs and even those are not much more than $10/box.
This I can do 'cause I proved that I know what I'm doing around this stuff and filed legal papers with the company and gov proving so.
TomW, I applaud your stance on honesty!!!
The other route when it isn't necessary, and isn't any better than a thief.
Bruce S