Does MSU sponsor any organized collection drives for recycling CRT televisions and computer monitors? A bunch of searching finds nothing at MSU, but there are some upcoming events in the area.
Disposal of CRT monitors and televisions will peak massively in 2009 because: people are buying laptops instead of desktops, people are buying LCD displays to replace desktop CRT monitors, and people are replacing CRT televisions with flat panels -- all in record numbers. In particular, February 17, 2009 will cause a huge spike of CRTs in area landfills.
I personally need to dispose of 4 CRT monitors and televisions, so I searched for community efforts. Unfortunately searches for such programs don't turn up anything at MSU. You find lots of "eat your spinach" announcements telling people what a great idea it is to recycle CRTs, but I'm not finding any organized efforts.
-- From www.msu.edu, searches such as "dispose CRT" or "recycle TV" find documents, some quite old, on why it's a good idea, but zero info on actual campus or community events or programs.
-- From recycle.msu.edu. these searches find nothing. Featured info links are telephone directories, flourescent tubes, and transparencies.
-- At bespartangreen.msu.edu you can't search for this -- there is no search box. "News and Events" describes recycling efforts in Snyder-Phillips and in library restrooms -- for Fall, 2007 -- nothing about CRTs or televisions.
Some poking around did reveal two events coming up sponsored by the City of Lansing in January and February.
/rich
http://www.lansingmi.gov/Lansing/gogreen/freeewastecoll09.pdf