Abstract
Last month, the UK’s Electrical Waste Recycling Group (EWRG) reported that they have seen a ‘significant decrease’ in the volume
of CRTs entering the e-waste stream. Until recently, CRTs constituted the vast majority of TVs and monitors being collected,
but this has now dropped to 71% of collected devices - equivalent to 216,945 units a month - but the Group predicts this will drop much further, to 152,778 units a month by the end of the year. Assuming this prediction holds true, it does certainly seem to mark the passing of ‘peak CRT’, at least in the UK. Once the EWRG is able to put more flesh on these findings researchers should have good evidence from which to draw wider conclusions
as to the lifecycle of CRTs and other large consumer electronics, as well as their impact on domestic energy consumption
of CRTs entering the e-waste stream. Until recently, CRTs constituted the vast majority of TVs and monitors being collected,
but this has now dropped to 71% of collected devices - equivalent to 216,945 units a month - but the Group predicts this will drop much further, to 152,778 units a month by the end of the year. Assuming this prediction holds true, it does certainly seem to mark the passing of ‘peak CRT’, at least in the UK. Once the EWRG is able to put more flesh on these findings researchers should have good evidence from which to draw wider conclusions
as to the lifecycle of CRTs and other large consumer electronics, as well as their impact on domestic energy consumption
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 21 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Specialist publication | Large Display Monitor |
| Publisher | Meko Ltd |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2014 |
Keywords
- CRT
- EWRG
- household appliances
- disposal
