Don't get me wrong, I understand where you guys are coming from, btw i don't snip freon lines, I have a buddy i take all my fridges&a/c units to and he takes it out for free (i think he sells the freon or something? idk) I snipped lines a few times because thats what the scrap yard guys told me to do, i didn't know it was illegal until i researched it a few weeks later. i also think you guys are a bit confused. I take a sledgehammer (i spelled "sludge" in my last post(s) my bad) and break the plastic shell in the back where each screw is so i don't have to unscrew it, that's all. I don't smash the lead glass (the brown/purple tinted glass) I've known what that stuff is for a while. I do give the cathode ray tube itself a little tap and that breaks the vacuum so i can get the yolk off.

I throw out the remnants because it's legal here, as long as all the electronic components are removed, it can go in the trash. I'd love to take it somewhere else, but everywhere that takes them requires that they are 100% intact (nothing taken out of it)