"Raj Kundra" raj@REM0VE THISkundracomputers.co.uk wrote in
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"Les Matthew" wrote in message
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On 18/03/2010 06:23, Mike Tomlinson 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.




Front Glass (viewing area) which could be up to 1" thick on some large
models is very high in lead contents.

Until recent EU legislation on lead crystal processing: these front
bits were sliced and shipped to factories in Germany.


so now what do they do with the leaded glass?
And how many Germans lost jobs from that move?



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