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Introduction |
| [attribution|1326][attribution|1327][attribution|1325] | | Source: Dismantling Guide for IT Equipment, which was elaborated within the SRI project and financially supported by SECO and UNIDO, June 2015 | | [attribution|1327| title=World Resources Forum (WRF)|caption=Mathias Schluep, St. Gallen / Switzerland] | | [attribution|1325| title=Dismantling and Recycling Centre (DRZ)|caption=Markus Spitzbart, Vienna / Austria] | | [attribution|1329| title=Institute for Materials Science & Technology (Empa)|caption=Fabian Blaser, St. Gallen / Switzerland] | | | '''Health and Safety''' | | | The critical step in demanufacturing a flat screen monitor is to remove the crystal liquid containing glass and the CCFLs. Often the backlight lamps are already broken due to transportation. As these lamps contain mercury, wearing an appropriate mask is essential. | | | ''' | | | Although many materials contained in LCD screens are of a high quality (e.g. electronics, highly transparent plastic within LCD module, etc.), there exist only few appropriate recovery technologies to further process them. Thus purchasers have to be selected. |
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