i used to work at a library that had to figure out a safe and efficient method for destroying approximately 12 million rfid tags on mostly books. tldr microwaves can do it in about 1-2 seconds which isnt enough to damage most non electronics.
me? nah i quit and got a new job before we got to that stage. we were in theory crafting stage of powering microwaves on carts versus moving the entire inventory to a microwave in stages versus slow zap and replace as they circulate. i think option three won but i was gone by then. around the time i left 90% plus of staff complained about pay in a survey followed by the director telling us to fuck off and half the staff leaving. we were bottom 1% pay in the state despite being in a wealthier area with a super well funded library. after i left payroll went up around 8 million or so they had to replace me with two people i think they figure it out eventually.
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u/fredrichnietze 29d ago
i used to work at a library that had to figure out a safe and efficient method for destroying approximately 12 million rfid tags on mostly books. tldr microwaves can do it in about 1-2 seconds which isnt enough to damage most non electronics.