Dive Brief:
- Nulife Glass, a cathode ray tube (CRT) recycling firm, officially opened its operations in Bristol, VA.
- The announcement marks the UK-based company’s second facility operated in the U.S.; the Virginia plant will be modeled after Nulife’s inaugural site in New York.
- The $5.9 million facility will be used to smelt leaded glass.
Dive Insight:
Simon Greer, the CEO of Nulife, expects the site to be fully operational in a year. The company is waiting for approvals from state and federal officials. According to Greer, the company has started receiving glass at the facility.
Recycling CRT is wrought with issues. Some current disposal methods are controversial and the EPA is seeking a solution for recycling the material, going so far as reaching out to recyclers in an effort to tackle the problems associated with recycling CRT.
The opening of the Nulife facility brings hope that CRT can be recycled effectively, by using technology to extract the lead in a sustainable way.