Recycling tritium ?

[Tally-ho]

Did you search informations about recycling your tritium flashlights or tritium gadgets before buying it ?

EDIT: Results are anonymous so you can vote serenely.
I removed the 3 first words of the question as it might introduce a polemic issue that was not the purpose of this poll. Sorry for my bad english.

 

[calipsoii]

I'm getting the vibe that you're finger-pointing a bit, so let me point one back. Prior to 1996, alkaline batteries contained mercury (some still do at significantly reduced levels). Have you ever thrown one into the garbage? Ever? Did that mercury wind up in the water table of your hometown?

From Wikipedia (so take it for what it's worth): "Direct, short-term exposure to small amounts of tritium is relatively harmless. If a tritium tube should break, one should leave the area and allow the gas to diffuse into the air. Tritium exists naturally in the environment, but in very small quantities."

So basically, if 12 years from now, my D10 piston breaks and I'm not deliberately containing and inhaling the resulting gases, I'm doing less damage to myself and the environment than my car (which occasionally burns oil) does every day.

Cheers!

 

[NoFair]

There is no need so no.

 

[griff]

I think there are more important things to recycle.Besides, my dogs like to chew on them.

 

[Larbo]

No doubt it would cost you 10 times what you paid for the vial to recycle it.
:ironic:

 

[Sgt. LED]

NO

Why would I?

 

[DM51]

Your duplicate thread has been deleted as a violation of Rule 9..

This one is closed as a waste of time.