Position and Status: Signed by the Governor. CAW supports.

Description: AB 1419 (Eggman) will avoid the environmental risk inherent in the stockpiling and export of glass from monitors and televisions, by creating a recycling framework for CRT panel glass that has grown less popular after the advent of LCD and LED screens. New LCD and LED technology for televisions and monitor screens has taken over and demand for old-fashioned Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) devices has dropped dramatically. The end-use market for CRT glass generated from recycling scrap CRT’s has dried up and recyclers across the nation are struggling with what to do with the glass. Today, old TV and computer monitors are stockpiling up throughout the state with nowhere good to go other than in the ground or over seas.

Contact: Tony Hackett, (916) 443-5422