Hi Sylvia,

Sylvia Else wrote:
On 18/03/2010 7:07 PM, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
In , Chris Whelancawhelan@pr
ejudicentlworld.com writes

What's to recycle?

Plastic case? I also seem to remember that the tube electron guns
contain a small amount of precious metal and the "recyclers" send them
out to the third world where the tube necks are broken and the guns
extracted, then the rest is abandoned.

Sounds like more trouble than it's worth, literally.

Depends on the particular economies involved.

Often, there is little/no cost of *acquiring* the "materials";
folks "give them" to disposal companies/sites. A local
non-profit (here) probably processes a few thousand a year?
(They *charge* to dispose of TV's, though, as TV's are
often harder to recycle -- wooden enclosures, etc.)

Most are shipped to places like Mexico where they are
disassembled and recycled at a lower level. E.g., yokes
are almost pure copper, glass can be ground up and mixed
in asphalt for new roadways, etc.

I think even "empty containers" going back to the far east
are often filled with "junk" like this (since the container
has to get back there anyway!)

I think the basic unspoken assumption is "better discarded
on THEIR soil than on OURS" :-/