What happens to old CRT monitors?
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From: D Yuniskis on 18 Mar 2010 12:52 Hi Sylvia, Sylvia Else wrote: > On 18/03/2010 7:07 PM, Mike Tomlinson wrote: >> In article<T2lon.2774$P_5.412(a)newsfe15.ams2>, Chris Whelan<cawhelan(a)pr >> ejudicentlworld.com> writes >>> >>> What's to recycle? >> >> Plastic case? I also seem to remember that the tube electron guns >> contain a small amount of precious metal and the "recyclers" send them >> out to the third world where the tube necks are broken and the guns >> extracted, then the rest is abandoned. > > Sounds like more trouble than it's worth, literally. Depends on the particular economies involved. Often, there is little/no cost of *acquiring* the "materials"; folks "give them" to disposal companies/sites. A local non-profit (here) probably processes a few thousand a year? (They *charge* to dispose of TV's, though, as TV's are often harder to recycle -- wooden enclosures, etc.) Most are shipped to places like Mexico where they are disassembled and recycled at a lower level. E.g., yokes are almost pure copper, glass can be ground up and mixed in asphalt for new roadways, etc. I think even "empty containers" going back to the far east are often filled with "junk" like this (since the container has to get back there anyway!) I think the basic unspoken assumption is "better discarded on THEIR soil than on OURS" :-/
From: Robert Macy on 18 Mar 2010 13:47 On Mar 18, 1:38 am, Daniel James <dan...(a)me.invalid> wrote: > In article <T2lon.2774$P_5....(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. the Zilog Development system has over $320 of gold in it.
From: Robert Macy on 18 Mar 2010 13:48 On Mar 18, 5:38 am, baron <baron.nos...(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote: > Mike Tomlinson Inscribed thus: > > > > > What happens to old CRT monitors when the PC disposal man turns up in > > his white van to take them away? The company I work for has just got > > rid of a huge quantity of monitors. > > > Surely they do get recycled somehow or is it landfill? The tube has > > all sorts of toxic nasties in it. > > If they are anything like our disposal people they get crushed and the > glass gets recycled. All the metal is recovered and recycled too. > > -- > Best Regards: > Baron. "..they all get crushed.." and we all know how painful that can be. ;)
From: Robert Macy on 18 Mar 2010 13:53 On Mar 17, 11:23 pm, Mike Tomlinson <m...(a)jasper.org.uk> wrote: > What happens to old CRT monitors when the PC disposal man turns up in > his white van to take them away? The company I work for has just got > rid of a huge quantity of monitors. > > Surely they do get recycled somehow or is it landfill? The tube has all > sorts of toxic nasties in it. > > -- > (\__/) > (='.'=) Bunny says Windows 7 is Vi$ta reloaded. > (")_(") http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/windows_7.png In our area, you can take monitors, etc to Trimble Salvage and get $5 to $8 each. However, if you toss it into the trash and it's found, you can receive a $500 fine. It's my understanding the salvage people do something to purge the phosphor and then recycle the materials.
From: Baron on 18 Mar 2010 17:54
Robert Macy Inscribed thus: > On Mar 18, 5:38 am, baron <baron.nos...(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote: >> 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. > > "..they all get crushed.." and we all know how painful that can be. > ;) Yes very painful... Actually a guy who used to work at the crushing mill lives round the corner from me. He got trapped by one of the three crusher balls and lost both his legs. -- Best Regards: Baron. |