What are the benefits of recycling or reusing Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)?
Recycling or reusing will prevent CRT containing devices from becoming hazardous waste. In your discarded computer monitors there are traces of lead, phosphorous, cadmium, barium, and mercury. When CRTs are broken or destroyed, such as when placed in landfills or incinerators. They release these toxins into the environment making them hazardous material. Recycling diverts the release of lead into the environment, saves valuable landfill space, and reduces the need for strip mining.
