Video Worlds First CRT Lead Recovery Furnace in Operation
A video explaining to operation of the 'world's first' furnace recovering both lead and pure glass from the leaded glass of old cathode ray tubes (CRT), has been published by resource campaign group, The Great Recovery. Recently installed at Kent-based waste electrical and electronics recycling company, SWEEEP Kuusakoski's Sittingbourne facility, the furnace has been developed by Manchester, UK based Nulife Glass. SWEEEP Kuusakoski is a joint venture between British-based SWEEEP and international recycling company, Kuusakoski. The furnace is able to reprocess approximately 10 tonnes of CRT glass a day, equivalent to around 60 tonnes of waste CRTs. [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vao9aHbqjHk| Read More Ray of Light for CRT Recycling 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. Emergency Regulations Permit Landfilling of Leaded CRT Glass Leaded glass from cathode ray tubes may be disposed of in landfill sites under an emergency regulation issued by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control. ]