William Sommerwerck wrote in message
...
Is a lead-free item that fails and ends up in the landfill
after 2 years better than a lead-containing device that
lasts a decade?

And is then properly recycled?

Recycling is the issue. The only current economical way to do it is to
ship
the equipment to third-world countries where poverty-stricken can
dismantle
it.



"recycling" as pictured here

http://www.sophiegerrard.com/
and from a now corrupted file
http://www.plusnone.com/wp-content/u...hrisjordan.jpg


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