Bad/Busted picture tube disposal

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by Username1

I have to agree here for at least two reasons....

If it does not have the tv shell to protect it, they may not want to take it thinking it will break while they handle it. If it's already broken, then surely the bad stuff will get out and they will have to pay big time to clean it up.... (naturally not knowing anything about it, like the lead for example, it's embedded in the glass, can't get on them...)

If it doesn't LOOK like everything else they get, they sure don't want it.....

Breaking it up more and putting it in several bags and hiding it will most likely prevent a wasted trip in which you will have to bring it home, and then try and hide it in something....

I remember a story where somebody took a case of radioactive strontium rods to a hazmat roundup, and they had no clue what they were until it was too late (already accepted and shipped out). There was no leak, but it caused a huge panic! (the rods had been swiped from a nuke lab 50 years before).

Charles

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by kx250rider

I remember a story where somebody took a case of radioactive strontium rods to a hazmat roundup, and they had no clue what they were until it was too late (already accepted and shipped out). There was no leak, but it caused a huge panic! (the rods had been swiped from a nuke lab 50 years before).

Charles

Haha

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

Of the TVs and monitors I threw into the dumpster intact, without airing the CRTs, I wonder if there was a loud POOM! at any time that scared the crap out of any bystanders.

Years ago, I watched and listened to what happened as a trash truck did its crushing action on one or more under-vacuum TV sets. I did not hear a specific sound other than the normal sounds to be expected from things getting crushed, and nothing came flying back out from under the crusher panels.

[bgadow]

Last eCycling event I went to didn't have a huge amount of interesting stuff-some early 80s Sonys were the most noteworthy TV's. They did have a pre-war Silvertone console radio, somewhat higher-end. I said something to the guy who seemed to be in charge but he just cracked a slight smile and waved me toward the exit. Maybe it got rescued further down the line.