Is there any "market" for old electronics, even for free?
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 26 May 2021 09:34:42 +0100, Mike Coon
wrote:
In article , NONONOmisc07
says...
Is there any "market" for old electronics, even for free?
I actually found a recycler in driving distance who claims he will even
take my CRT tvs.
Maybe there's a market for recycled vacuum? ;-)
When I was a schoolboy in the UK back in the 1950s, local kids would
carry CRTs over a girder bridge across a town river in order to drop
them some distance to the water where they would implode.
I averted my eyes as I walked past (to school) in case one got cracked
on the girders while still being held by the child...
I would not litter but I have broken open a couple CRT tvs, one to see
the shadow screen (is that what it's called?) that color tvs had with
one hole for every 3 dots. The other was a 6 or 8" tv and I broke away
enough of the neck and adjoining glass to plant a plant in it. The
thing grew really well, and I wonder if the phosphorus was responsible.
No drainage at the screen end, so I had to be carfeful not to overwater.
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