mm wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:58:43 GMT, Chris Whelan
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:23:32 +0000, 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.
What's to recycle?

Chris

What I'd like to konw about is this story of lead and it poisoning the
earth. I thought 99% of the lead waa mixed with the glass in the
front of the CRT and the only part that could leach out is a small
part along the surface. So what's the danger?

Lead in the ground is not a problem (I mean, that's where is comes from!)
It is however a problem in waterways.
I was advised of this whilst discussing the amount of lead I was
blasting into the countryside last time I went shooting (shotgun/clays).