Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

[Alan Perry]

I find it enjoyable to disassemble the drives that I want to dispose of. 
I take all of the metal bits and throw them in my scrap metal recycling 
bin. I throw the boards in my electronics/e-waste recycling bin. I used 
to keep the magnets, but I have a pretty good magnet collection now and, 
with newer drives, it is too much work to remove the magnets from the 
parts they are bonded to.

alan

On 9/20/18 9:39 PM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk wrote:
> Have you heard about a pointy hammer? :)
>
>
> 2018-09-21 0:37 GMT-03:00 drlegendre via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>:
>
>> If you're that intent on firey destruction, it would be much simpler &
>> safer to use an oxyacetylene cutting torch, or a plasma cutter.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 10:20 PM Eric Smith via cctalk <
>> cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone have advice on making thermite? Ingredients, sources, proportions?
>>>
>>> The internet seems to think that just using aluminum powder with ferric
>>> oxide is relatively hard to ignite, and that some manganese dioxide would
>>> help with that.
>>>
>>> Without spending too much time shopping, it looks like I can get:
>>> * aluminum powder, 5 micron, 2 lb for $34
>>> * ferric oxide, 10 lb for $27
>>> * manganese dioxide, 1 lb for $39
>>>