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To: Lane3 who wrote (82957)	9/9/2008 1:31:47 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541922

>>I balked at transporting each item back to the manufacturer, who would disassemble, recycle, and otherwise dispose of the item. I found that convoluted and inefficient. I suggested instead that it would make more sense to have that activity performed locally, nearer the buyer. << Karen - There's no reason why such services couldn't be performed locally, on the manufacturer's dime. They could outsource that work to local centers, and those centers could do the work for multiple manufacturers. - Allen