So, I see the hitches, now, concerning getting rid of an old broken TV. As someone else here said, these key environmental organizations give the names of places that take old electronics junk–yet the junk must work. Maybe Best Buy OKC will do something with an old 27″ Emerson CRT TV. If so, I have to lug it there. That’s one answer i have for the people criticizing us for not fixing these things for $250+ (if they can be fixed in the first place): The things are really heavy, bulky, fragile, attract a great deal of dust, and they use a great deal of power. Furthermore, it’s hard for me to believe that the old CRT TVs don’t use more lead. Goodwill did take my small old portable battery NTSC LCD TV–I explained that many countries, Mexico certainly included, still use (analog wave) NTSC from their TV stations.

As a practical matter, electronic items from China can’t be fixed economically–repair people still exist (even for CRTs)–yet, their overhead is enormous–they must charge accordingly. If a handy person can get the part, a self-fix, in some limited situations, is possible. The gun of the picture tube, big capacitors, and perhaps some other parts easily could electrocute and kill a person, though, As I understand it further, if the tube breaks, it gives off a toxic gas.

As for LCD TVs, their backlights are fluorescent and the ballasts for fluorescent bulbs and tubes always incorporate lead–besides cheapo Chinese solder, perhaps, these ballasts may be big reasons behind somewhat fearsome lead warnings. LED TVs don’t use fluorescent backlighting–that’s certainly a consideration for future enviro-friendly TV purchases–LEDs should last much longer, too. I’m pretty certain that most old CRT TVs used lead, though–lead-free solder didn’t then exist. (Look for the RoHS standards–this indicates that the device likely is more enviro-friendly than those without such designation.) People shouldn’t bring up plasma–many of us know that plasma TVs use a great deal of power. Unfortunately, plasma currently works better with 3D TV.

I’m puzzled at the Obama administration neglecting to include responsible electronics recycling in stimulus bills. I really think that then sensible people wouldn’t have considered federal steering and funding of such recycling as irresponsible. Unfortunately more people nowin power hate environmentalism and environmentalists as a matter of principle–for them, this is a convenient shortcut to thinking.

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or 1 of these 2 goverment corporate combo functions

1. Seperate trash days. Monday for area refuse, tuesday glass, wednesday plastic, thursday electronic, friday “properly hazardous waste” etc…

That means new trucks, new jobs, big recycling centers in every city an no silly boxes people avoid /won’t go out of way for

2. Go to x federal website. Post office sends postage paid box to size your ordered (to and fro) . They take your electronics,glass,plastic,etc.. to new agency. So carriers will need big trucks like ups/fedex on a nationscale for home to work otherwise taking it to po will be an inconvience to lazy consumers and wont work better than current system.

Thats how I see it. If it was picked up like trash in color coded bags the profits in the resources would pay for the ungodly bill in good time.

Occassionally eating a bag of recycable chips and buying organic things is like pissing in a volcano. that fire aint go out with that level of devotion

Try putting the TV or any device broken or otherwise on freecycle.org its worldwide now. Make sure you state what its condition is so the proper person who knows how to repair these things or use them for parts will come by and pick it up. If its big tell them to bring their pickup truck and a friend.