Disposing of expired SecurID tokens

[Kooky45]

Does anyone know what to do with expired SecurID tokens? I have about
100 and they're all displaying the "card off" code and all are over 3
years old. I've been told they're of no value now and to dispose of
them, but I'm reluctant to throw them in the trash as they'll have
batteries and circuit boards and all manner of environmentally
unfriendly components.

Thanks

[Vin McLellan]

Post by Kooky45
Does anyone know what to do with expired SecurID tokens? I have about
100 and they're all displaying the "card off" code and all are over 3
years old. I've been told they're of no value now and to dispose of
them, but I'm reluctant to throw them in the trash as they'll have
batteries and circuit boards and all manner of environmentally
unfriendly components.

If you return the tokens to RSA, the company will dispose of them
in an environmentally safe manner.

SecurIDs are lead-free, emit no radiation or electromechanical
waves, and use a very low-voltage 3.3 volt lithium battery. Even when
brand spanking new, a SecurID's power supply contains only .5 grams of
lithium, and that amount is steadily diminished over the life-span of
a token. Nonetheless, you are entirely correct that devices like this
should not be casually trashed.

Just ship the tokens back to RSA, marked "Attention: Expired Token
Disposal."

From the Americas, ship them to:
RSA Security
174 Middlesex Turnpike
Bedford, MA 01730 USA

From Europe, the Middle East, or Africa, ship them to:
RSA Security Ireland
Bay 127
Shannon Free Zone
Shannon, Country Clare, Ireland.

Suerte,
_Vin

[Lassi Hippeläinen]

...Even when
brand spanking new, a SecurID's power supply contains only .5 grams of
lithium, and that amount is steadily diminished over the life-span of
a token.

The amount of lithium remains the same. Only its chemical bindings
change.

<...>

RSA Security Ireland
Bay 127
Shannon Free Zone
Shannon, Country Clare, Ireland.

In the EU the vendor who delivers them should take them back. If that
rule isn't enforced everywhere yet, at least it is coming in near
future.

-- Lassi