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I love polar bears and trees. I honestly don't want to hurt the environment, and I can't stand the notion of throwing away something that isn't even broken.

But I've got to get rid of a 19" CRT monitor. The thing weighs 70 pounds and takes up too much space.

The local mission won't take CRTs any more. That leaves the dump, which doesn't charge for "E-waste."

It just kills me. There's nothing wrong with the CRT. I just don't want it. But I'd hate to throw it away.

Can anyone suggest something reasonable?

Depends on where you live, very few places can actually recycle e-waste properly; even if they do say they take them. Cali is one of the big states that have one of the best e-waste recycle programs in the nation. Check your local recycling & waste disposal locations to see what they can actually recycle and what they have to trash; they are required to state this.

craigs list, free monitor. there is always someone that can put it to good use, or just cannot afford one, low income, single mom, you get the idea.

I think Best Buy still takes them. They used to charge 10 bucks, and then give you a $10 gift card, but it was kinda free doing it. Now they just take them. Or they do here in Amish land PA LOL

They are good for target practice, I shot one up once, a 19" I believe it was, with a few .223 rounds. You get to see the internal pieces parts. I had no idea that the glass in those things is in places an inch or so thick.

well yeah... how else are you going to hold back a vacuum in a tube and have optical purity to display a screen on?

Take it apart. Get the guts out, and line the whole thing with plexiglass. Seal it and then you have a fishtank!

Sell it on craigslist or give it away on freecycle.com

There will always be someone that wants a back up monitor for cheap instead of buying another flatscreen. If you can't sell it on craigslist - well, you'd be shocked what people will do for anything free on freecycle.

I got someone to dig up some old bushes out in front of my house saving me hundreds in landscaping costs and a day of backbreaking work all so they could get a few free bushes. I also had another guy come pull up water-logged garden posts - more back breaking work that was impossible to do solo - I had to help him but he still hauled them off for nothing saving me time and money.