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- d.EnvironmentalInterestType.Cathoderaytubepermit description "PERMIT FOR THE COLLECTION AND/OR RECYCLING OF DISCARDED CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) DEVICES AND THE DISASSEMBLY AND REMOVAL OF TOXIC PARTS IN A MANNER THAT IS SAFE FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. ELECTRONIC WASTE, ALSO KNOWN AS E-WASTE, REFERS TO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THAT IS NO LONGER USABLE OR WANTED. IT ENCOMPASSES A BROAD AND GROWING RANGE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES, INCLUDING COMPUTERS, TVS, CELLULAR PHONES AND PERSONAL STEREOS, DIGITAL CAMERAS, MP3 PLAYERS, DVD PLAYERS AND ELECTRONIC GAMES. DISCARDED ELECTRONICS CONTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. IF DISPOSED IMPROPERLY, THEY POSE A POTENTIAL THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE ACIDIC CONDITIONS OF A LANDFILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LEAD AND OTHER HEAVY METALS MAY LEAK OUT AND CONTAMINATE GROUNDWATER. E-WASTE ACCOUNTS FOR 40 PERCENT OF THE LEAD AND 75 PERCENT OF THE HEAVY METALS FOUND IN LANDFILLS. MUCH OF THE FOCUS ON MANAGING E-WASTE REVOLVES AROUND CRTS, OFTEN CALLED "PICTURE TUBES," WHICH CONVERT AN ELECTRONIC SIGNAL INTO A VISUAL IMAGE. COMPUTER MONITORS, TELEVISIONS, SOME CAMCORDERS, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES CONTAIN CRTS. A TYPICAL CRT CONTAINS BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE POUNDS OF LEAD" @default.
- d.EnvironmentalInterestType.Cathoderaytubepermit type EnvironmentalInterestByProgram @default.
- d.EnvironmentalInterestType.Cathoderaytubepermit type EnvironmentalInterestType @default.
- d.EnvironmentalInterestType.Cathoderaytubepermit type HazardousWasteProgram @default.
- d.EnvironmentalInterestType.Cathoderaytubepermit type Thing @default.
- d.EnvironmentalInterestType.Cathoderaytubepermit label "CATHODE RAY TUBE PERMIT" @default.
- d.EnvironmentalInterestType.Cathoderaytubepermit sameAs d.EnvironmentalInterestType.Cathoderaytubepermit @default.