Up to 6 Million TV's and Monitors are disposed of each year in UK alone.
This represents over 120,000 tonnes of Electronic Waste annually.
TV & Monitor Waste now classified as ‘Hazardous' in England & Wales.
Average Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) contains up to 4.5lbs of Lead.
In addition, CRT's contain various other heavy metal oxides.
Phosphor and Heavy Metal Oxides leach from landfilled TV &
Monitor products
Regarding the composition of the CRT monitors.
This is a brief explanation of the make up and what can be recycled how and where!
A CRT monitor is made up of 3 different compositions of glass. The front panel has no lead oxide as it causes discolouration under x-ray radiation. It does contain a coating of phosphor on the inner face.
The funnel (or rear panel) contains lead oxide to shield against x-ray radiation released at high voltages, the outer coating is graphite and the inner coating is a steel oxide.
The neck section which houses the electron guns also contains lead oxide.
The three glass components are joined together with a molten glass solder (frit) which also contains a high level of lead oxide. During the separation process, the recommended cutting line is always below the frit line which guarantees no lead contamination of the front panel for re-processing.
The seperated the glass is ground to make safe to handle cullet.
During the manufacturing of CRT's, the lead content of the cullets is actually kept within the re-manufacturing process, it is not removed.
We have found only one company that recycles the glass cullet Samsung in Korea who use it to make ...... You guessed it CRT Monitors!
During the manufacturing of CRT's, the lead content of the cullets is actually kept within the re-manufacturing process, it is not removed.
