Breaking down power supplies

do they ever say anything about the board, i would be nervous of throwing a circuit board in my shred? is there any toxic materials in them or just normal metal?

Originally Posted by machinistace802

do they ever say anything about the board, i would be nervous of throwing a circuit board in my shred? is there any toxic materials in them or just normal metal?

I throw all kinds of low grade boards in my shred, and nobody's said anything yet (but if they ever did I'd say "it's pure metal man, nothin but tin, and lead, and copper in that!"). But take the cover off a PS(so they can see the transformers and copper in there) and put it with electrical stuff, and they'll just frown and say it's shred(got some hick yards here dude ; ), but i'm sure, like anywheres else, they arrrre learnin