UK Firm Opens CRT Recycling Plant

Because televisions and monitors are now classified as hazardous waste and can’t be land filled with without specialist treatment. Bruce has met market demands, by installing a new CRT processing plant, able to meet the WEEE recovery targets due to become law next spring.

Whole TV/monitor units are taken into a stripping room where the casing and all metal bearing components are recovered and recycled as appropriate. The casings are sent directly to a nearby plastic shredding and extrusion plant, where they are recycled into new products.

The CRT tubes are then fixed to a laser driven splitting system that has two diamond cutting blades, which cut through the ‘frit or glue’ joint. The two types of glass are collected separately, then the phosphor powders on the panel glass are captured by air suction into a bag filter. The clean lead and barium glass is then bagged and sent back to the original tube manufacturers for re-use.

:“ We recognised some time ago the demand for a WEEE compliant CRT processing plant would be substantial. We are confident our investment has been a wise one, as current volumes are ahead of forecasts.  The fact we have outlets for both the lead and barium glass fractions enables us to recycle more than 70% of each unit at very competitive rates,” said Stephen Daughtrey, commercial director of Bruce Electronics.

Bruce Electronics Recycling holds a full waste management license, with ICER/ ISO 9001/ISO 14001 accreditation’s and an enviable reputation for handling large volumes of electronics equipment for recycling, from throughout the UK and Europe.