What to do with dead monitors

[Marcus Brubaker]

On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 10:28, Henry Spencer wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Marcus Brubaker wrote:
> > Yup.  The CRT is something like 30% lead by weight on average and an
> > average monitor is 80% CRT by weight...  Beyond that, the lead is
> > still useful if separated, as is the glass...
> 
> Unless CRT design has changed since the last time I looked, you don't get
> the lead separate from the glass, because the lead is *in* the glass. 
> It's lead glass -- glass with a high lead-oxide content.
> 

As I understand it there are processes by which the lead and glass can
be separated, which is what a lot of the CRT recycling places do.

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