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Rod Speed

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On Thu, 27 May 2021 15:04:51 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 5/27/2021 11:34 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2021 17:09:55 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 26 May 2021 10:43:05 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 5/26/2021 8:21 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 26 May 2021 09:34:42 +0100, Mike Coon
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NONONOmisc07
@fmguy.com 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.

CRT's are mage of leaded glass to stop radiation. They thus require
special processing.

I think that is mostly hysteria. The lead in the glass is very well
sequestered in the glass. The amount that could leach out is
infinitesimal and not significant in what we throw in landfills.

Crystal is leaded, too. Vitrification is one of the best ways to
sequester bad stuff. It would be good for radioactive waste but
somewhat expensive.

The laws here make it very clear that even putting CRTs in the garbage
is prohibited. Of course, you obviously know way more than the experts

Since when were politicians experts at anything but getting reelected?

Trump couldn't even manage that. Ditto with the shrub's dad.

There is more lead in your drinking water from the tap than would
leach out of a CRT if your house has copper pipe installed before the
Reagan administration or whenever the post 1986 plumbing code was
adopted in your jurisdiction. Ask those folks in Flint about that. (or DC)