It was declared as switch board scrap, but actually the container was full of garbage including 166 dead computer monitors, 89 control panels, broken printers and keyboards, circuit boards and electrical motor parts.

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Electronics Recycling Event – August 19th
RenovoData Services is partnering with The Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce and the Edina Chamber of Commerce to provide Electronics Recycling and Free Hard Drive Shredding at the event.

When – August 19th 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Where – Grace Church – 9301 Eden Prairie Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 (map)
What [...]

The Defense Department, the Royal Bank of Scotland and even state and local governments all belong to an exclusive club, and this is a club to which you do not want to belong. All had severe security breaches, and sensitive data was released to the public.
Hard drives containing defense department information were purchased in 2009 [...]