Quote Originally Posted by ryanw View Post
I don't deal with monitors/tvs, but I thought the problem pieces were the fluorescent bulbs, not the screen itself...
I can understand a honest mistake but no. An...Jiffy even has it wrong...well lets do this...*rolls up my sleeves*



Quote Originally Posted by jiffy117 View Post
I just took apart some 17" lcds this weekend. There is a row of bulbs at top and bottom of a plexi-glass type screen. Those are the hazardous items in an lcd. Beyond that I got about 5 pounds of shred and a little over 1/2 pound of hi-grade boards. The circuit board that is attached to the front display is mostly gold plated, may see what my buyer classes that as. another pound of power supply board. The plexi glass is about 1/2" thick, might make a neat set of shelves with them. A bonus was all the semi-transparent sheets that filter the light. I gave those to the wife to make sewing patterns with. Reduce reuse recycle, each has its value.
Sorry no the light bulbs have nothing to do with it. LCD screens between the glass have a wide range of chemicals, I don't know all of them but most old ones have "NF3" and its a very nasty chemical to the environment, ontop of mercury and other chemicals/heavy metals. Now in one here an one there won't make a difference but when you add how many people have them recycled and how many people do not do it right...yea...it makes a huge difference.

I have backed out so many lines I wanted to say...but I wont, I don't want to be "over powering" but shredding LCD screens is not the right way to have them recycled. I will buy all non cracked LCD as will MOST all e-waste recyclers...save them up and tape them FACE TO FACE (can add cardboard) and put them to the side til you have about 50 to 60 of them. 50 to 60 will fill one gaylord box