Abandoned cathode ray tubes found in Arizona
- September 11, 2013
- By Jeremy Carroll
Approximately 9 million pounds of abandoned cathode ray tubes have been found in Arizona, the Basel Action Network announced.
The organization said that Dow Management, the alleged recycling company that held the glass in three warehouses in Yuma, Ariz., has disappeared, along with the company's executives. Dow Management was paid $581,000 from California recyclers to the take the glass, the organization said.
Consumers in California pay an advanced recycling fee for various electronics to fund an electronics recycling program.
"Dow Management has bilked California consumers of at least half a million dollars," said Jim Puckett, BAN's executive director in a statement. "And what is truly amazing is that we have seen no evidence of the federal government, nor the states of Arizona or California conducting any effort to prosecute the perpetrators."
BAN claims Dow Management did little processing of electronics, and simply "took the money and stockpiled the material."
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