Re: EU lead-free directive



On Wednesday, in article
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mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Mike Harrison" wrote:

>On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:54:24 +0200, Tilmann Reh <tilmannreh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>Peter schrieb:
>>
>>> A really stupid regulation, given the huge amount of lead used in car
>>> batteries for example....
>>
>>Exactly. And particularly these are one of the exceptions, and will be used
>>without any change.
>
>This is an entirely sensible approach, as lead-acid batteries can be very
> easily extracted from
>discarded products and recycled unlike lead in components.

They have been for years! Not really a change.

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