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Look Out Below! Americans Toss AnalogTVs
By encinoman
The Consumer Electronics Association claims that only 15 million televisions will be &;removed&; from the homes of people who get their TV signals over the air, and of those, 95% will be &;sold, donated or recycled.&;
But who would buy an analog television when what the CEA likes to call the &;digital television transition,&; (a process now approaching the length of the 100 Years War) is complete?
As for donations, tried to donate a monitor or computer lately? Many people end up doing nocturnal dumpster dumps in frustration. And the last thing charitable organizations want is a haul of unsellable obsolete televisions.
That leaves recycling. How it will be done isn&;t so clear; Sony will take back their own aging TVs, but other owners are out of luck. While Erin Monaghan suggests making your TV into a planter or fish tank, you still need to get rid of the TV tube, which Earth 911 suggests can contain 4 to 8 pounds of lead.
I say bring back the halcyon days of Led Zeppelin at the LA Hyatt, the notorious &;Riot House&; on the Sunset Strip, and launch the old TVs from the balcony to an empty swimming pool.
Look out below!
Tags: recycling, Riot-House
This entry was posted on April 9, 2008 at 7:33 pm and is filed under analog-to-digital-TV, CES, Consumer Electronics.
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