Re: gEDA-user: 2-layer design recommendations

[Steve Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not around here anymore... The electronics go off to a recycling
facility where the copper and other metals are recovered.

Steve Meier

Karel Kulhavy wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 10:53:02PM -0700, Steve Meier wrote:
>  
>>There is also an environmental and a pcb friendly reason to leave copper
>>in unused areas of boards. The reason is that copper left on the board
>>is copper that isn't placed in the solvent. Thus the solvent lasts
>>longer (pcb manufacturor friendly)  and the copper doesn't have to be
>>reclaimed from the solvent (environmentaly friendly). I would ask your
>>pcb manufacturor though if they prefer a solid plain, isolated little
>>squares or total removal.
>>    
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>And when you throw the used product into landfill, you throw more copper
>into landfill.
>
>CL<
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