What happens to old CRT monitors?
in [Repair]
|
From: b on 18 Mar 2010 08:25 On Mar 18, 1:20 pm, "Raj Kundra" <raj(a)REM0VE THISkundracomputers.co.uk> wrote: > "Les Matthew" <lesm...(a)clara.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:hnsrdt$dum$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > On 18/03/2010 06:23, Mike Tomlinson wrote: > > >> What happens to old CRT monitors when the PC disposal man turns up in > >> his white van to take them away? The company I work for has just got > >> rid of a huge quantity of monitors. > > >> Surely they do get recycled somehow or is it landfill? The tube has all > >> sorts of toxic nasties in it. > > Front Glass (viewing area) which could be up to 1" thick on some large > models is very high in lead contents. > > Until recent EU legislation on lead crystal processing: these front bits > were sliced and shipped to factories in Germany. see: http://www.ban.org/ban_news/2009/091228_holiday_ewaste_beware_fake_recyclers.html http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/toxics/how-your-tv-could-end-nigeria-recycling-20090218 Apparently there's even a town called 'HP Laserjet' because of the accumulated printers dumped by the west: http://www.up.edu.pe/serv/boletin/01i.php?pantalla=noticia&id=637&bolnum_key=90&serv_key=13
From: baron on 18 Mar 2010 08:38 Mike Tomlinson Inscribed thus: > > What happens to old CRT monitors when the PC disposal man turns up in > his white van to take them away? The company I work for has just got > rid of a huge quantity of monitors. > > Surely they do get recycled somehow or is it landfill? The tube has > all sorts of toxic nasties in it. > If they are anything like our disposal people they get crushed and the glass gets recycled. All the metal is recovered and recycled too. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: baron on 18 Mar 2010 08:44 mm Inscribed thus: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:58:43 GMT, Chris Whelan > <cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> wrote: > >>On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:23:32 +0000, Mike Tomlinson wrote: >> >>> What happens to old CRT monitors when the PC disposal man turns up >>> in >>> his white van to take them away? The company I work for has just >>> got rid of a huge quantity of monitors. >>> >>> Surely they do get recycled somehow or is it landfill? The tube has >>> all sorts of toxic nasties in it. >> >>What's to recycle? >> >>Chris > > What I'd like to konw about is this story of lead and it poisoning the > earth. I thought 99% of the lead waa mixed with the glass in the > front of the CRT and the only part that could leach out is a small > part along the surface. So what's the danger? The crushed glass (cullet) gets mixed with fresh silica and melted down to produce "Milk Bottles", jars and containers among other things. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: baron on 18 Mar 2010 08:51 Daniel James Inscribed thus: > In article <T2lon.2774$P_5.412(a)newsfe15.ams2>, Chris Whelan wrote: >> What's to recycle? > > Quite a lot of glass, for one thing. > > A former colleague told me of an interesting experience he'd had in a > former life (job) getting rid of a decommissioned mainframe. He had > all sorts of quotes from people wanting to charge him for disposing of > the kit, and a local scrap dealer offering to /pay/ him for it. It > turned out that mainframes of that age had enough gold in their > contacts for it to be worth recovering it (by dissolving it in > cyanide, I gather -- don't stand downwind!). The cabinets would have > been good for scrap metal, the rest was probably landfill. > > Cheers, > Daniel. I used to know a guy that went around buying up the old Strowger telephone exchanges, just for the precious metal, platinum, used for the contacts and gold plating. He extracted the contacts and other stuff he wanted then sold the remainder for scrap metal. He made a lot of money doing that. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: Jim Yanik on 18 Mar 2010 12:09
"Raj Kundra" <raj(a)REM0VE THISkundracomputers.co.uk> wrote in news:fUoon.51298$Ym4.3389(a)text.news.virginmedia.com: > "Les Matthew" <lesmcdm(a)clara.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hnsrdt$dum$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 18/03/2010 06:23, Mike Tomlinson wrote: >>> >>> What happens to old CRT monitors when the PC disposal man turns up >>> in his white van to take them away? The company I work for has just >>> got rid of a huge quantity of monitors. >>> >>> Surely they do get recycled somehow or is it landfill? The tube has >>> all sorts of toxic nasties in it. >>> >> >> > > Front Glass (viewing area) which could be up to 1" thick on some large > models is very high in lead contents. > > Until recent EU legislation on lead crystal processing: these front > bits were sliced and shipped to factories in Germany. > so now what do they do with the leaded glass? And how many Germans lost jobs from that move? -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com |