the issue of re-cycling electronics is getting more and more attention
these days.
There are outfits, wherein components are reclaimed, various metals are
extracted etc.
I have even see "designer" furniture, clocks, paperweights, and other
objects containing small semi coductors, in a potted resin sort of
substrate, finished nicely. Quite a conversation piece if you happen to
have a coffee table made that way.
I always try to recycle wherever possible.
I have a squab that I occasionally use to pull parts from boards in the
dogpile.
The stripped boards are then donated to an old aquantance who saves them
'til he gets a loads worth, he takes them to someplace for the
reclaiming of copper, gold, whatever. He hasn't gotten rich yet.
It shames me to think how many useful items of any and all types
inhabit our landfills
And, it is made ever so much worse by the current "dispoable" trend in
consumer electronics that is soo prevalent today.
The manufacturer's have killed off a great deal of the consumer
electronics repair industry.
To the original poster, I see you are in the chicagoland area. There
are some re-cycling facilities in your area, perhaps the crt could wind
up there, rather than the rubbish bin/landfill
(i still think the idea of sellng it as haunted on ebay is more fun
though)