Jim,

Its a good thought.

All kidding aside, the most reasonable thing to do is re-use them.
Is there a electronics distributor near you that might be able to use
them?  I would also try contacting 3M (the likely manufacturer of the
tubes), or MicroChip to see if they will re-use them.  A couple of
e-mails and a lot of patience might get you a reasonable answer.

I suspect that they are cheap enough that no one cares.  Maybe that's
the definition of an environmentalist- that we care anyway...

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Barry King, KA1NLH
Engineering Manager
NRG Systems "Measuring the Wind's Energy"
Hinesburg, Vermont, USA
barry@nrgsystems.com
"The witty saying has been deleted due to limited EPROM space"