Problem: you have upgraded your computer monitors to LCDs and want to get rid of your old CRTs in a way that won’t dump a bunch of lead into the environment. Also, you live in Gainesville, FL where there is no recycling center that takes such things.
Solution: bring them to the Hazardous Waste Collection Center. You may need to pay a fee depending on the number of monitors.
Research: I only skimmed The Importance of Comprehensive Policy to Promote Safe CRT Recycling, but there are some interesting things in there. The difficulties with CRT recycling are about what you’d expect; quoting from the paper:
A CRT product is bulky and heavy to transport, it contains a high amount of toxic materials, and most of its weight is in low valued materials for recycling (leaded glass and plastics).
Other options: I wouldn’t put much stock in these options, but they might give you some ideas.
- Thrift stores (e.g. Goodwill, Salvation Army) – at one point the Salvation Army took six (6) CRTs off my hands. However, I went there the other day and was told they they’ve got about 150 of them sitting in storage and weren’t going to take any more.
- Dignity Project – talking on the phone to them, I was told they’ll take 17″ CRTs, but nothing larger than that.
Recycling is very very important in order to preserve mother earth.~`.
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