We have a company over in Ohio that accepts them for recycle (I think you pay). Out east there is a huge amount of factory's and I'll bet someone out there recycles the tubes also. Just need to really research it.
Some Goodwills will accept them whole and some stripped with the plastic put back on.
I just took a razor knife down the middle of the degaussing cable and peeled the tape right off, no real problem.
The only ones I don't like are the sticky tape ones. When your done with one of them everything around you sticks to you whether you want it to or not!
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