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> something has occured to me, when looking at posts relating to giving > away magazines / cdroms > > I think a few recycling companies pay money for people who collect > aluminium can's (good for charities), Just wondered if any collect cd's > to extract the silver metal (more valuable in some cases), from cd's as > this could be a good fund raiser, for either a ) the lug or partner > organisations, if there are such companies I am sure as a lug, we have > lots of cd's we could donate, which in turn could raise money for > related causes, e.g ukfsn, which gives grants for project, > > > so the lug collect, cd's, we get the money from them, give this to > the ukfsn (or similar charity), and we oursleves can apply for grants, > from that for specific projects, > > not sure if this would work, not sure how much silver is in recordable > cd's but i have lots here, and most are so out of date, (normal cd's) > there must be quite a lot of silver. > > anyone got any suggestions, or live near a company that does this, and > could approach to see if they can help or would be interested, after > all both sides benefit, here. > > Paul > > -- /me puts work head on I work for a company who are heavily involved with recycling.. I will ask our env dept to see what they reckon on this... -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html