Quote Originally Posted by robaz View Post
I am at work searching the forum and pondering ways to be more efficient. Has anyone ever crushed or smashed ewaste (in particular motherboards) before shipping it off? Some of the stuff is rather bulky and when packed there is still a lot of dead air. The only issues I can think of are the labor involved and the buyer not exactly knowing what they are getting. Any ideas or is this not at all feasible?
I've seen this done at one of the bigger companies. Actually went thru a shredder and screen. Thier goal was to get more in a gay lord and remove the steel, aluminum, tranformers, etc before shipping to a refiner.