Televisions when thrown in landfills are hazardous waste containing non-decomposing plastics and dangerous toxins such as mercury and lead. More than 4.6 million tons of electronics ended up as hazardous electronic waste (e-waste) in U.S. landfills in 2000 according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. With the digital signal conversion on February 17, 2009, only some of the 3.6 million analog TVs will upgrade their TVs with a converter box or a cable or satellite subscription service. Other analog, cathode ray tube (CRT) TVs will be replaced by plasma screens or liquid crystal displays (LCD). Landfill CRT TVs are hazardous waste in the form of soil and drinking water contamination. Lead represents 20 percent, or between four and eight pounds, of each CRT TV. When donated, recycled, repaired, or repurposed, electronics move from e-waste in landfills to useful devices or e-scrap, a valuable part of the e-cycle stream. To sustain people and planet, make green choices when purchasing, upgrading, or discarding any electronic device. If donation is not an option, do NOT curb or landfill discard your TV. E-cycle. In some locales (like Missouri) electronics are not legally accepted as trash; e-cycling is

 

 

TV Components in the E-cycle Stream

 

* Case = plastics (melted and recycled).

* Circuit board = plastics (melted and recycled), metals in the form of transistors, transformers, etc (repurposed or recycled).

* Wires = copper (melted and recycled).

* Yoke = ceramic cone (ground and recycled), copper (melted and recycled).

* Tube = lead in the glass (smeltered and recycled), glass (melted and recycled)

 

 

 

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