Mar 17, 2019 · I also noticed a similar question on this site, but they were asking about the environmental impact of throwing radioactive Kidde smoke detectors in the trash and not about …

8 I called Kidde about mailing back their radioactive smoke detector now that it has exceeded its usable life. It is labeled that it contains 0.9 micro curies of Americium 241. They claimed over the telephone …

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I live in the United States and I have a non-working Kidde ionization smoke detector. I've read that these smoke detectors should be recycled because they contain some radioactive material.

Q&A for folks dedicated to a lifestyle that can be maintained indefinitely without depleting available resources

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I live in the United States and I have a non-working Kidde ionization smoke detector. I've read that these smoke detectors should be recycled because they contain some radioactive material.

Q&A for folks dedicated to a lifestyle that can be maintained indefinitely without depleting available resources

What are the environmental effects of discarding radioactive smoke detectors? I called Kidde about mailing back their radioactive smoke detector now that it has exceeded its usable life.

What are the environmental effects of discarding radioactive smoke detectors? I called Kidde about mailing back their radioactive smoke detector now that it has exceeded its usable life.