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

**nutpie** · 02-26-2016, 05:40 AM

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.

**mthomasdev** · 02-26-2016, 06:18 AM

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

**mikeinreco** · 02-26-2016, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by mthomasdev

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

Impressive all I can say..........CRT technology has been around for what 75 years??........Why are we only now finding a viable way to extract the valuable lead from these tubes

**webuyselltradestuff** · 02-26-2016, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

Impressive all I can say..........CRT technology has been around for what 75 years??........Why are we only now finding a viable way to extract the valuable lead from these tubes

They haven't REALLY cared until very recently. Recycling this stuff only became in vogue a few years back...well in huge volumes. Like everything, when old tech FINALLY has the nail in the coffin (LCD/LED is SO prevalent in the market now), people try to find ways to make money by solving a problem...hence how do we get rid of all this leaded glass.