in Swiss domestic smoke detectors are not forbidden generally. But you need a permission and in future new permissions will not be given. Old detectors you can use further. Cerebus will stop the production but service is available also in future.
Peter Jaros
Isotope Laboratories
udo.blaseg@ISOTOPES.COM schrieb:
We are interested to recycle / dispose ionisation smoke detectors (Am-241, Kr-85) all over Europe.
Please contact: radsafe@isotopes.comUdo Blaseg
Isotope Products Laboratories Europe Blaseg GmbH-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Domestic smoke detector disposal in Australia (06-Mrz-2002 22:22)
From: jmiddelkoop@ZONNET.NL
To: UDO.BLASEG@ISOTOPES.COM> Hello Radsafers,
>
> With regards to the Netherlands, the situation used to be largely
> comparable
> to Australia and the UK.
>
> However, in building legislation the use of smoke detectors has become
> obligatory in new houses.
>
> As a result the amount of smoke detectors (most of them being the
> ionisation
> type, this being the cheapest type) has risen enormously these last years.
> This has led to an evaluation of the situation with regard to disposal, as
> you may expect large numbers of waste detectors within the next decade.
> There are more and more good alternatives for ionisation smoke detectors on
> the market. Therefore the selling of ionisation smoke detectors will be
> forbidden in 2005. I believe that in Switserland their use has already been
> forbidden for some years.
>
> Jetty Middelkoop
> Fire department of Amsterdam
>
>
>
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