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As i took apart 12 TV's to day , I am wondering if I get a surprise visit from a code enforcer, is what i am doing legal . There is no burning going on - just prep for yolk and boards and building up a bucket of wire - Now in honesty some tubes did breach at yolk - so does that cause a legal issue. I live around some fancy Hoity toyitys so I figure I look about the same as the people who take apart stuff in china - relatively speaking - to them
Last edited by Copper Head; 07-31-2012 at 02:56 PM.
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I don't see what you're worried about. What you're hearing when the yokes break is the *vacuum* in the tube being filled with the surrounding air, not gas escaping.
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I'll be more clear - I am at around 5000 TV CRT tear downs and it appears I will continue to find them . If I am having my happy day working on them will a surprise visit from EPA cause a unknown surprise fine in my life.
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I will guess that having that many TONS of material that contains lead, the EPA would fine and close you down IF you were here in NJ. Check local laws in your state.Originally Posted by Copper Head
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Well, do you have 5000 tubes laying in your back yard? If so then I would be sh**in bricks....if not than dont worry...i live in a real strict area, two blocks from the cop shop, and nobodies said a word to me. If theres junk in my drive I park a vehicle in front of it so you cant see from the road. Problem solved, for me anyway
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No I don't have five thousand in the yard but in the last 3 years thats how many i have tackled - I tidy up at end of day - but some times when i am working and you have a bunch of them all apart some breached I start thinking , like do i need to be concerned , Over all once a TV is torn down I pack the tubes up and off they go to the salvation army or the recycle building near me - the TV's look normal BUT . The truth of recycling it's unambiguous with 50% of the tv's in USA so scrappers who follow the guidelines on this forum do a fine job.
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I had about 30 monitors in the bed of my truck and me and my dad tore them apart in his driveway
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Did you get a visit or are you just wondering if that day may come? In certain states E waste is considered a universal waste and has less restrictions in relation to hazardous waste. But normally that's the case when the electronics are left alone and not messing with the hazardous waste In your case when deAling with CRT tubes your messing with lead, a RCRA, EPA and DOT hazardous watse. It's one thing to be dealing with it in small personal household quantities but when you start dealing with in a much larger scale you may be considered a hazardous waste generator. There are 3 levels of hazardous waste generators. CESQG- conditionally exempt small quantity generators are small operations with very little hazardous waste generation, they are not regulated. SQG and LQG- are larger generators who have to abide by EPA regulations. In order to become a small quantity generator all it takes is to accumulate 220 lbs of any EPA regulated hazardous waste or 2.2 pounds of acutely hazardous in any 30 day period. As long as you don't geneRate those quantities in 30 days you'd remain CESQG. If you got caught with a large amount of broken down CRT's it would be in your best interest to come up with reasoning how you never accumulate over 220 pounds in any 30 day period. Regulations vary from state to state and they may even differ with non commercial businesses. The rule of thumb is to know what is and isnt hazardous waste and never accumulate too much at any one given time. Also, house keeping is a huge factor when it comes to regulators. If they pay you a visit and the place is well kept, they seem to question less. Be aware of the rules and regulations with what you're doing so you can be prepared to answer questions if a Regulator ever comes knocking at your door.
Last edited by Scrapcrazy; 08-01-2012 at 12:35 AM.
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You know how heavy TV monitors are and just yesterday I sold 181 lbs TV boards . & still have the yolks unsold - Wile I don't know the regulations in my rural community frequent trips to the yard should keep me as a CESQG- conditionally exempt small quantity generators , I best keep track of the weight of the yolks as there origin is clear . thanks Scrapcrazy as my instincts were correct and now I will dissemble with the weight as a guide.
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I think your okay if you're clean and dispose of the tubes in a timely manner
Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes;
God bless little children while they're still too young to hate
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