Re: Looking for biodegradable anti-static (ESD) bags



James Morrison wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 14:00 +0100, Deefoo wrote:
> > > Perhaps there is a better solution out there. In general, we need to
> > > ship an electronic device (a PCB inside an aluminium enclosure) and we'd
> >
> > And your pcb, is it biodegradable? Or otherwise easy to recycle?
>
> I sense some sarcasm in this statement. The PCB itself is clearly the
> least recyclable part of the system. We will take it back at the end of
> the life cycle. There are no good, financially-sound solutions that I
> am aware of yet, although I do believe that there is plenty of research
> into this. Taking the lead out is a small step in the right direction.
>
> Our policy currently is to use _no shipping material_ that isn't
> biodegradable. And where possible, we use enclosure materials that are
> not plastic, in this case aluminium. However, there are places where
> you can't use metal and something that is an insulator is required (like
> devices that come close to AC lines).
>
> We are prepared to take a small hit in margin in order to follow this.
> Basically, our cost of goods sold equation has some fuzzy value that
> includes the cost to the planet. Its hard to quantify but we're doing
> our best. We have to leave this planet to our children!

Pink Poly ESD bags *do* degrade. Albeit slowly.

I think you're fretting over nothing.

Graham

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