On May 1, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Russell McMahon wrote:

> Hence the eponymous vast quantities of lead in a lead acid
> battery and cadmium in a nickel cadmium battery are permitted
> in a product where a trace of lead on the PCB is not.

Rechargable batteries, and products containing rechargable
batteries, are already "required" to be marked as such and
disposed of specially, at least in granola-land.  This is
also recommended/required for non-rechargable batteries,
although as far as I can tell most of those no longer contain
the hazardous substances that they were trying to elminate.
Likewise, no electronics are supposed to go into the trash:

>> Important Information about the New Universal Waste Regulations
>>
>> Universal wastes are hazardous wastes that are generated by several 
>> sectors of society, rather than a single industry. Effective February 
>> 8, 2006 households and small businesses are no longer allowed to put 
>> universal wastes in the trash.
>> Universal waste includes:
>>
>>     * all household batteries
>>     * fluorescent and other mercury containing lamps
>>     * electronic items with a circuit board (for practical purposes, 
>> all electronics)
>>     * non-empty aerosol cans
>>     * mercury thermostats


Not so in RoHS land?

BillW

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