Guys .... I've got a few simple suggestions.
1: As much as i would prefer to reduce the size & scope of government there are a couple of things that seem to work here in Maine.
We do have state mandated drop off points for electronics. It seems to work however i have no idea where the tv's are going.
We've had an automotive battery recycling program in place for as long as i can remember and that seems to work well. When you buy a new battery you pay a ten dollar fee. When any scrapper turns in an old battery he gets a ten dollar bounty.
If they had a ten dollar bounty on crt's it would be open season.
2: I really feel that we're making proper CRT disposal far more difficult than it needs to be.
There are plenty of industrial uses for leaded glass. The main reason they use it is to reduce radiation hazard. (Lead leaching out of the glass doesn't seem to be a problem at this point.)
This is simple as pie. Just use the ground up CRT glass as an aggregate for making concrete. Use that kind of concrete as radiation shielding at nuclear waste sites. This would effectively re-purpose the leaded glass into a useful product with very little energy expenditure.
The heck with melting it down into other products. That's expensive and wasteful of our energy resources.
* disclaimer * This looks like a workable idea but it should be thoroughly lab tested before putting it into practice.
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