The trade of catatalytic converters now is forbidden on ebay, caused by a document from a german special waste organisation that holds:
- The trade of cats illegal for any individuals, because any trade of this material requires a permission by the authorities. (10.000€ fine)
- The transport must be performed by specialized forwarders. Sending cats through the postmail is a enviromental crime and will cause severe punishments
- Processing cats from now on is illegal, because it will release cancerous fumes to the enviroment. Severe punishments apply.
Source:
http://www.sam-rlp.de/altkatalysatoren
Ebay has stopped to accept catalytic converters auctions.
I was unaware, that cats are a source of cancerous fumes when opened. I somehow suspect, this is another strike of our all so strong recycling lobby (Umicore etc.) which runs a dictatorship here in europe when it come sto recyling precious metals.
- The trade of cats illegal for any individuals, because any trade of this material requires a permission by the authorities. (10.000€ fine)
- The transport must be performed by specialized forwarders. Sending cats through the postmail is a enviromental crime and will cause severe punishments
- Processing cats from now on is illegal, because it will release cancerous fumes to the enviroment. Severe punishments apply.
Source:
http://www.sam-rlp.de/altkatalysatoren
Ebay has stopped to accept catalytic converters auctions.
I was unaware, that cats are a source of cancerous fumes when opened. I somehow suspect, this is another strike of our all so strong recycling lobby (Umicore etc.) which runs a dictatorship here in europe when it come sto recyling precious metals.