unfortunately you can rarely get anyone to accept them if you gut them. they want the profit themselves so for us small time or part timers we cant really touch & turn a profit on them. the regulation on them is getting worse and worse this drives cost up and up.
regulation is part of why they end up in ditches and other spots they dont belong. it is why you hear about people dropping them down spear holes out ice fishing. they know its wrong but cost wise they got cornered with a huge amount and needed to figure out how to get rid of them. the regulations are gonna make crap like that worse.
i could landfill them but choose to be more environmentally responsible about it. because of this i rarely take crt tube devices unless it comes with a very large load. i pay alot more at $0.30 / # to my main recycler to deal with them but at least i know they are done right. i can even get a paper trail on them to prove responsible disposal. i average around $10-35 each now to dispose depending on size and weight. the $3-5 in goodies plus time, fuel, etc. make them less profitable but adding in disposal... without massive charges we cant support correct & proper disposal and opperate processing them.
they were my bread and butter taking them by the ton before costs of disposal went through the roof. i ate disposing of the last of them and it was a very bitter pill to the tune of $1200 / ton of crt tubes. i will not touch them now unless in large load of metal or e waste i dont have to pay to dispose of and only then from old repeat customers.
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