See my other comment in the thread; based on the information out there, it really feels like the standards have not kept up with what's going on in the real wor

See my other comment in the thread; based on the information out there, it really feels like the standards have not kept up with what's going on in the real world, and may be too strict in their definition of whether something's recyclable. Of course, it's hard to say for certain, because the actual criteria aren't public -- some digging around turned up the fact that you have to buy the documents from IEEE.