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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">News for Release: Wednesday, July
19, 2006
<BR><BR><U1:COUNTRY-REGION><U1:PLACE>U.S.</U1:PLACE></U1:COUNTRY-REGION>
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) <BR><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">EPA Improves Standards for Recycling of Cathode Ray
Tubes <BR><BR></SPAN></B>Contact: Roxanne Smith, (202) 564-4355 /
smith.roxanne@epa.gov <BR><BR>(<U1:PLACE><U1:CITY>Washington</U1:CITY>,
<U1:STATE>D.C.</U1:STATE></U1:PLACE> - <U1:DATE year="2006" day="19"
month="7">July 19, 2006</U1:DATE>) EPA is streamlining the federal
hazardous waste management requirements for cathode ray tubes and CRT glass
destined for recycling. These safe, yet simplified standards aim to increase the
collection and recycling of CRTs. Safely recycling CRTs saves energy and
conserves resources, allows the recovered lead to be reused in other ways, and
reduces the amount of lead in landfills. <BR><BR>"A discarded CRT represents an
opportunity lost," said EPA Assistant Administrator Susan Bodine. "This rule
will help encourage the reuse and recycling of CRTs, which puts these resources
back to productive use, rather than into the Nation's landfills." <BR><BR>Under
these new regulations, used, unbroken CRTs are not regulated as hazardous waste
unless they are stored for more than a year. EPA is setting simpler, more
manageable standards for unbroken CRTs because the risk of lead releases from
them is very low. Limited storage requirements apply only to CRT recyclers and
collectors. <BR><BR>CRTs are the video display components of televisions and
computer monitors. The glass in CRTs typically contains enough lead to require
managing it as hazardous waste under certain circumstances. Under the previous
regulations, businesses and other organizations that recycle or dispose of CRTs
were sometimes unclear about the proper way to recycle or dispose of this
equipment. That uncertainty sometimes prevented CRTs from being recycled and
reused. EPA is changing CRT waste management requirements to eliminate this
confusion so that more CRTs will be reused and recycled. About 57 million
computers and televisions are sold in the <U1:COUNTRY-REGION><U1:PLACE>United
States</U1:PLACE></U1:COUNTRY-REGION> annually, although many new models may not
contain CRTs. <BR><BR>Used, broken CRTs are not regulated as hazardous waste as
long as certain good-housekeeping practices are followed. To remain unregulated,
CRTs undergoing glass processing must follow the same simplified requirements,
except that they must be processed so that lead from the glass is not
volatilized. CRT glass that has been processed and sent to a CRT glass
manufacturer or a lead smelter also is unregulated, as long as it is kept in
storage less than a year. <BR><BR>Exporters shipping broken or unbroken CRTs to
another country for recycling must notify EPA and receive written consent from
the receiving country through EPA before shipments can be made. This requirement
is similar to those applicable to exporters of hazardous waste, which are found
at 40 CFR Part 262. In addition, exporters shipping used, unbroken CRTs for
reuse as computers to another country must submit a one-time notification to
EPA. <BR><BR>More information about the Hazardous Waste CRT Rule: <BR><A
href="http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/electron/crt.htm"><FONT
color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/electron/crt.htm</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
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