How do I recycle Kidde brand smoke detectors? I also noticed a similar question on this site, but they were asking about the environmental impact of throwing radioactive Kidde smoke detectors in the trash and not about where to properly recycle them: What are the environmental effects of discarding radioactive smoke detectors? In that question, they claim that local electronics recyclers will take the smoke detectors, but I don't think
waste - What are the environmental effects of discarding radioactive . . . 8 I called Kidde about mailing back their radioactive smoke detector now that it has exceeded its usable life It is labeled that it contains 0 9 micro curies of Americium 241 They claimed over the telephone that the device is safe to discard in the trash I was hoping to learn exactly what are the environmental impacts of doing so?
Newest Questions - Page 14 - Sustainable Living Stack Exchange I live in the United States and I have a non-working Kidde ionization smoke detector I've read that these smoke detectors should be recycled because they contain some radioactive material
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