Re: H-3 Signs

["J. Andrew Tompkins" <jatalbq@mindspring.com>]

The radioluminescent signage has not been a problem for those companies 
willing to accept returned items with for a nominal charge or the purchase 
of additional exit signage.  SRBT in particular has had the policy for 
years that they would take signage containing tritium and sell units that 
were electrically powered or tritium powered.

SRBT is also one of the few (if not the only company) that actually has 
tritium recycle capability for their own manufactured items.  Some 
companies in the tritium signage industry have had the long view that 
corporate responsibility requires a closed loop for the tritium.  Others 
have not.  The sad thing is that most companies buying tritium powered 
signage are not aware that the back end costs can be very high if they are 
not buying from a source that has recycle capability.  Apologies for the 
commercial.

Andy Tompkins
Woodstock, GA

jatalbq@mindspring.com

At 12:12 PM 3/24/00 -0600, you wrote:
>By the way. We talk about the Ci/sign and often forget that some
>locations have many signs. About two years ago I was in a hotel in
>southern California that had between 400 and 600 tritium exit signs.
>I wondered what will happen to these at the end of their useful life.
>$8,000 or more to return these may seem steep to have them disposed.
>
>Paul Lavely <lavelyp@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
>
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