CRT tube disposal

**Filthy** · 11-24-2011, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Ewasted

Best Buy doesn't do any of the recycling themselves... all of it is outsourced to 4-5 companies nationwide.

And best buy won't take any TVs larger than 32"

**GeorgeB** · 11-24-2011, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Filthy

And best buy won't take any TVs larger than 32"

Might be before they changed. The lady told me, that the square tvs can only be 32" but the flat panel can be up to either 40 or 50 something inches.

**Filthy** · 11-24-2011, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Might be before they changed. The lady told me, that the square tvs can only be 32" but the flat panel can be up to either 40 or 50 something inches.

thats correct, the restriction refers to crts only.

**GeorgeB** · 11-24-2011, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Filthy

thats correct, the restriction refers to crts only.

Well, I personally have never heard of a big CRT monitor. Now flat panel pc monitors, I have seen them literally as big as TV's. This was from Costco though.

**GeorgeB** · 11-24-2011, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by Ewasted

Best Buy doesn't do any of the recycling themselves... all of it is outsourced to 4-5 companies nationwide.

That is correct. If you watch their video, they even state that it is out sourced, and that the company's MUST follow their STRICT recycling policies.

**PartTimeScrapper** · 11-24-2011, 07:59 PM

Ive im not mistakin gateway use to have a 32 and 36 inch CRT computer monitor. I think they were called Destination. Back in the day they were over $1000. I always wanted one of them. Now we have LCD.

**stephenholseberg** · 11-26-2011, 04:31 PM

Right again PTS , i just scraped two of them!

**Hemi22!** · 01-02-2012, 05:33 PM

If anyone lives in or near Washington State I know that my trash service, Lemay Inc, takes any and all electronics. You can't put them in the trash any more as it is illegal up here now but I know on post, Fort Lewis, they have a recycling center for everything you can think of except freon items and I always take my broken down tube tvs/monitors there. They always know they are already gutted but I usually go in uniform so they don't say anything. Guess they don't think a soldier could be a scrapper. But this is for anyone who lives up in this area. Maybe others might offer the same thing in other states. Also, if you live here and pay to recycle them or do it the wrong way just send me a pm and ill help you dispose of them free of charge on post.