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In the past decade, technological advances in electronic data management and communication have boosted economic growth and improved people's lives in a number of ways. Our growing dependence on electronic products at home and in the workplace, though, has presented us with a new environmental challenge: electrical waste.

In Europe, electrical waste is growing at three times the rate of other municipal waste. One form of this waste that is commonly present in residential facilities is cathode ray tubes (CRTs), which contain hazardous material such as lead, mercury and hexavalent chromium. For this reason, CRTs are regulated by the EA under Hazardous Waste Regulations.

Proceed through this section of the EVC to learn more about environmental laws, regulations and best management practices pertaining to cathode ray tubes in residential facilities.