Recycling Cathode Ray Tubes

If you are wondering, what is cathode ray tubes and where they are used? Don’t be surprised it will be in your old CRT monitor or old television sitting in garage. The display screen on systems such as monitors and old televisions have phosphorous dots. These dots get illuminated when cathode ray sends electrons. Over the last three decades market had homes have flooded with CRT monitors and Televisions.

With change in technology and display technology for computer monitors and televisions the use of CRT tubes is less or no more. Since the disposal of CRT tube has environmental risk and it also posse’s greater challenge in recycling cathode ray tubes. The two dangerous element found in cathode ray tube are Mercury and Hexavalent chromium they come under toxic material waste.

Cathode ray tubes are shredded for panel, funnel and glass and then separately each item is recycled. The other option is shredded material is process through electro magnetic process to separate the metal and glass. The resulting lead an glass is extracted separately.

In almost all states computer monitor manufactures have setup cathode ray tube recycling facilities. Apart from these CRT recycling centers, counties have their own recycling programs. Sometime there is neighborhood drive to collect old CRT based TV and monitors. Check with your local county office or scan yellow page directory for CRT disposal address.