Well I feel stupid.. sent off three emails to NuLife to see if they'd reconsider contract pay because they apparently just opened a new CRT facility in VA and have yet to hear from them so it's safe to say that lead is dead, so everyone that said it was hype or said things about NuLife, you were right and I was wrong. I did however find a video that walks you through how they process their tubes and their electric furnace uses sand to melt the tubes into a string, leaving the lead left over in flakes to be deposited into a bin. I figure there's a better way of processing a CRT then that. The way they do it just feels wrong for some reason.
I am however trying to form some sort of deal or something with Ben Weitsman for E-Scrap recycling as they don't offer it(their yards handle metal only). They just got done building another yard in Oswego and apparently just purchased Roth Steel and plan on building an outlet mall or something there instead. But going back to CRTs, I was watching some videos on a company that created a machine that cuts the tube below the dridge line so what you're left with is usable glass(this also vents whatever vacuum is in the tube). The lead is a giant insert which is removed and then the phosphorus dust is vacuumed up so you're left with additional usable class. I've also been in contact with a guy from Australia who uses a 12v 1000a electric cuter(again below the dridge line) to remove the parts of the tube instead of diamond blades. I'm not sure how either way would fare with the EPA but I'd wager some sort of clean room with filtration would be needed.
-Matt
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