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Technical Development - History For the past four years CRT Recycling has been working in partnership with RTG GmbH which has over ten years experience of processing old cathode ray tubes and of marketing processed glass. Until recently the conventional approach for treating CRTs was for the panel glass to be separated from the funnel glass using a variety of technologies. This carries a number of key disadvantages - most notable being high cost, low volumes and poor resulting quality with high reject rates. The splitting option, however, has been pursued by those companies who are seeking to present recycling solutions to waste generators (most notably Producer Compliance Schemes operating under the WEEE regulations) where they have been able to offer a service of collections of TVs and monitors, disassembly and CRT splitting. The key challenge for Producer Compliance Schemes, however, does not relate to collection or disassembly of TVs and monitors but to achieving market outlets for the glass (without which recycling targets cannot be met or optimised). CRT Recycling does not provide TV or monitor collection services - we focus purely on the efficient, high volume production of quality glass as a raw material for new CRT panel and funnel manufacture. We only obtain CRTs in bulk from selected contractors carrying out TV and monitor disassembly and who meet our quality standard specifications. Treatment CRT Recycling Ltd, in co-operation with its German partner RTG GmbH (www.r-t-g.com) has developed a unique system for processing CRT glass which avoids the requirement to split the cathode ray tube into panel and funnel glass - consequently creating significant cost savings for our suppliers and their customers. Previously CRTs, once removed from the television or monitor, required to be individually split into their component parts of panel and funnel glass - a process which involved careful handling, capital equipment, energy, labour, and resulted in significant rejection rates. Furthermore the resultant material was of poor quality and failed to meet the exacting requirements of new CRT manufacturers. CRT Recycling Ltd, through its new WEEE compliant development in the UK, is now able to accept broken CRTs at a price which makes CRT splitting both obsolete and uncompetitive. Transport By being able to accept broken CRTs we can save both suppliers and Producer Compliance Schemes significant sums. CRT Recycling can accept CRTs delivered in both bulk tippers (see photo) or in hooklift bins (see photo). All suppliers need to do is to ensure that the vehicle meets the standards of our Cleaning Certificate. Following delivery the glass is bulked up prior to entering our processing system (see photo). Processing Once the broken CRTs are received they enter a system which has been developed as part of an industrial production process to prepare a vital raw material for CRT manufacturers - not a waste treatment process. Through a series of unique actions the glass is cleaned, separated from metal, ceramics and other contaminants and then separated between funnel and panel glass, with the panel glass being further separated into the various transmission qualities required by our customers. Marketing CRT Recycling Ltd, through its partnership with RTG GmbH, is a global supplier of high quality glass supplied, as a raw material, to CRT manufacturers around the world. Using CRT glass as a recyclate, in place of virgin raw materials, is very attractive to CRT manufacturers giving them significant savings in energy, CO2 emissions, and other raw material inputs.
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