Ray of Light for CRT Recycling

Date: 19 April 2012

Cathode Ray Tubes may have disappeared from our shops, but the number entering the waste stream is yet to peak in Europe, while demand for the leaded glass they contain has evaporated.

Ben Messenger looks at an award winning technology developed by a small firm in Manchester, England that combines heat and chemistry to extract lead and clean glass.



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