RE: Component Salvage - the TV Set

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Original poster: "Andy Cleary" <cleara-at-twcny.rr-dot-com> 

Hello Matthew, Robert, All,

	Although the glass pressurized picture tube of TVs and Monitors
is of course a safety concern, I think the big reason that monitors (in
the US, at least) must be recycled is because these tubes contain lead
and other chemicals which pose a major environmental hazard.  If these
units are disposed of in the trash then the chemicals could potentially
taint the water supply, etc.

I only know this because my college just implemented a monitor recycling
program...

(Sorry for going OT!)

-Andy C.

Andy Cleary - KC2GVE
Projects Coordinator, RPI Electronics Club www.ajaxelectronics-dot-com
cleara-at-rpi.edu


 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 5:50 PM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Component Salvage - the TV Set
 >
 >
 > Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
 >
 > Robert H wrote:
 > >Matthew: I strip old TV and computer monitors all the time.
 > The picture
 > >tube is a dangerous problem if you do not break the vacuum
 > seal in the
 > >center of base of the tube socket.