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MICROSCRAPPINGE-waste field guide

🧪 PVC and plastics

caution

Where you meet it: Card bodies, cable jacket, housings

What you need to know

PVC combustion produces hydrogen chloride and dioxins. Cut or punch, never burn.

The rule: NEVER burn card plastic or cable jacket.

Components this applies to

SIM & smart chip cards Other · $150–280/lb Au 1.4–3.6 g/lb of punched modules C Film capacitors (polyester / polypropylene) Capacitors · $10–40/lb Cu ~20 g/lb D Terminal blocks and screw terminals Contacts & relays · $15–50/lb Cu 110–200 g/lb D

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