47.5 million pounds of CRT glass stockpiled at 1 facility!!

How big does this problem have to get before we see subsidies from the government (garnished from the original manufacturers). I can get a few million dollars to put up a windmill that will likely never pay for itself, but if I open a plant to recycle hazardous monitors the government steps on my neck until I go broke. What is wrong with this picture. If its a volume issue then each state should have a dedicated recovery site where this can be dealt with economically.

Plan B: ship it all back to China..

BTW, I wish my brain would come up with a revolutionary/profitable way to recycle these things. I'd be a billionaire! Seems as illusive as perpetual motion I fear.

How big does this problem have to get before we see subsidies from the government (garnished from the original manufacturers).<<<<<<<<


There has been a tax on new tv sales for years that was supposed to help with recycling crts. It is why Best Buy was letting people turn them in. I guess with no way to dispose at the end of the stream it is not enough. And noe BB charges.

Originally Posted by jiffy117

How big does this problem have to get before we see subsidies from the government (garnished from the original manufacturers). I can get a few million dollars to put up a windmill that will likely never pay for itself, but if I open a plant to recycle hazardous monitors the government steps on my neck until I go broke. What is wrong with this picture. If its a volume issue then each state should have a dedicated recovery site where this can be dealt with economically.

Plan B: ship it all back to China..

BTW, I wish my brain would come up with a revolutionary/profitable way to recycle these things. I'd be a billionaire! Seems as illusive as perpetual motion I fear.

Perpetual motion.. I used to ponder this many a time. Perpetual motion - constant motion. So what are constants on Earth? The gravitational pull from the moon, constantly pulling the oceans water. Gravity from the center of the earth. Etc. Magnetism... Is where it's at.

I'm going to be the one that brings up NuLife Glass again. I know people were getting sick of it before, but here goes. They have their furnace up and running in Buffalo NY and are looking at other locations. See the link below:

Recycling CRTs from Televisions & Computer Screens - © Nulife Glass