Technology and Recycling industries join hands in exploring CRT solutions

E-waste Recycling  |  2013-04-02 14:17:11   |   By

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) jointly launched the CRT Challenge Monday, inviting innovative proposals for efficient use of recycled cathode ray tube (CRT).

ARLINGTON (Scrap Monster) : The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) jointly launched the CRT Challenge Monday, inviting innovative proposals for efficient use of recycled cathode ray tube (CRT).

As liquid crystal display (LCD), light-emitting diode (LED) and plasma displays are soon replacing CRT technology, the consumer electronics and recycling industries are working to find innovative techniques to recycle old CRT glass. Over 2 billion pounds of CRT Televisions and Computer monitors are anticipated to enter the recycling stream in the coming years.

CEA and ISRI will accept submissions for the CRT Challenge until June 30, 2013. The winning solution will be chosen based on economic and environmental benefits, and CEA will award $10,000 to the winner. CEA and ISRI will publicize and share solution(s) with manufacturers, retailers and recyclers, and encourage implementation.

This is the second CRT Challenge by CEA, which is hosted on Innocentive.com. CEA had issued its first CRT Challenge in 2011 and it yielded three winners.

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) unites 2,000 companies within the US consumer technology industry. CEA is the industry authority on market research and forecasts, consumer surveys, legislative and regulatory news, engineering standards, training resources and more. ISRI, a Washington, DC, based trade association, represents more than 1,600 for-profit companies – ranging from small, family-owned businesses to large, multi-national corporations -- operating at more than 6,000 facilities in the United States and 30 countries worldwide.