What happens to old CRT monitors?
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From: KR on 22 Mar 2010 05:12 On Mar 18, 4:23 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 At our local tip, they simply take the CRT, sit it on a table, a guy smashes it with a big hammer enough to get to the yoke and get it off, this then goes into a barrel with all the others, presumably to recover the copper. The rest just gets pushed over the edge into the tip face with all the other useless household waste already in there. IF there is a power/VGA cord that gets chopped and thrown in another barrel (for copper again?) Any TV's (or other such gear) that still work and look saleable, are sent to the "recycling shop" at the tip where people can buy them for very little money. If not sold they presumably go to the guy with the hammer to be smashed for the yoke.
From: Daniel James on 22 Mar 2010 10:20 In article <hcrbq5h2flkjfsaeiiopdsb08fdiq3u44d(a)4ax.com>, Peter Hill wrote: > ... bet I have to sign for every item in triplicate due to toxic > nature of them. Our local dump is quite relaxed about accepting poisons ... I think they'd rather people handed them in for safe disposal than tipping them down the drain. I acquired (most of) half a litre of something called "Hobby Black" (used by model railway enthusiasts to blacken over-shiny metallic parts) among the effects of my late father (no, it's not what killed him) -- this stuff seems to consist mainly of selenium dioxide in methanol, and I really /wouldn't/ like to ingest any AT ALL -- and the folk at the dump took it off to their toxic waste store with nary a murmur. Cheers, Daniel.
From: Peter Hill on 22 Mar 2010 15:39 On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:36:38 +0000, Chronos <me3(a)privacy.net> wrote: >KR wrote: > >> At our local tip, they simply take the CRT, sit it on a table, a guy >> smashes it with a big hammer enough to get to the yoke and get it >> off, > >You must live near me. I have yet to see anyone care about anything >other than the yoke on a CRT based display and a hammer is indeed the >tool of choice. However, judging from the replies thus far, it seems >we are the exception rather than the rule. I bet they don't even discharge the HV from the tube. One day it will bite them. Not a little nip like the lighting that caps have in them but a full on bolt from the blue. Even TV/CRT caps can kill but most do live to tell the tale, very few can tell about the HV. Or nip the end off the tube to allow air in at a controlled rate. OK breaking the electron gun end is moderately safe until they hit the one that implodes. -- Peter Hill Spamtrap reply domain as per NNTP-Posting-Host in header Can of worms - what every fisherman wants. Can of worms - what every PC owner gets!
From: KR on 22 Mar 2010 19:47 On Mar 23, 5:39 am, Peter Hill <peter.usen...(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:36:38 +0000, Chronos <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >KR wrote: > > >> At our local tip, they simply take the CRT, sit it on a table, a guy > >> smashes it with a big hammer enough to get to the yoke and get it > >> off, > > >You must live near me. I have yet to see anyone care about anything > >other than the yoke on a CRT based display and a hammer is indeed the > >tool of choice. However, judging from the replies thus far, it seems > >we are the exception rather than the rule. > > I bet they don't even discharge the HV from the tube. One day it will > bite them. Not a little nip like the lighting that caps have in them > but a full on bolt from the blue. Even TV/CRT caps can kill but most > do live to tell the tale, very few can tell about the HV. > > Or nip the end off the tube to allow air in at a controlled rate. OK > breaking the electron gun end is moderately safe until they hit the > one that implodes. > -- > Peter Hill > Spamtrap reply domain as per NNTP-Posting-Host in header > Can of worms - what every fisherman wants. > Can of worms - what every PC owner gets! There was no attempt to discharge the EHT that I saw. The only "protection" the guy had that I can remember was leather gloves that covered arms and wrists. I can't remember if he had safety goggles or not, but I would presume that he would have to have if working breaking glass.
From: Albert Ross on 23 Mar 2010 15:36
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:41:38 +0000, Rob Morley <nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:31:10 +0000 >Albert Ross <spam(a)dev_null.com.invalid> wrote: > >> Hang on there are some metal bits left over, this is how to deal with >> them >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMtgh2cwSrg > >I think this one is running a bit better > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnnvH5_Y0Eo&NR=1 There's quite a collection of videos there now. I heard of a couple of old Pegson rammers for sale and was going to buy them, one for a friend so we could have races. Unbelievably they went for over �150 each, non-working (though only needed their magnetos rewinding), too rich for me. Wish I'd bought a few when they were �30 - �50, it's amazing what's a good investment nowadays |