>         Are you CERTAIN that 70% figure does NOT include the lead in batteries and
> monitors? Remember, this ban will do nothing to stop that.
>
>         Personally this ban is completely silly to me, they aim at eliminating the
> smallest users of the toxic substance and completely ignore that LARGEST
> users of the toxic substance.

I don't know about those figures, and I'm not an expert in that area. But
the damage (or potential damage) is usually not only a function of
quantity.

For example, lead acid batteries are rather easy to recycle, and probably
most are already being recycled in many places that care about their
environment. The lead in the glass of monitors may not wash out easily,
even if it ends up on a land fill.

I don't know any of this for sure, but I know that those questions are a
lot more involved than they look on the surface, and judging whether
something like that ban makes sense or not needs to take into account many
aspects. Environmental engineering is no less involved than other
engineering disciplines, and probably much more so.

Gerhard

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