How to scrap computer monitors - old CRT and newer flat screens

Shark Scrapper scraps three types of computer monitors. An old CRT type followed by an early flat screen and ending with a newer flat screen. We find gold, silver, copper and aluminum in many forms and components from insulated copper wire, low to mid-grade circuit boards.
Camera(s): GoPro HERO 7 Black
Software: Camtasia and Snagit by TechSmith, Adobe Photoshop
Tinsel Shark Scrapper logo by Erehwon our friend from New Zealand
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[@sharkscrapper]

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[@mountdesertrock]

I’ve watched 95% of ewaste bens content and absolutely love every minute of it, especially with the amount of knowledge he imparts on his viewers, the desire to educate others is truly a gift. But having watched only a half dozen of your videos I instantly felt much more relatable with you being in the states and having alot of similar e-waste to what I see day to day in New England. (Although we lack the infrastructure to sell anything locally) Thanks shark.

[@sharkscrapper]

Wow thank you, that means more to me than you can imagine. Happy to help out with questions [e-mail]

[@stephenphillips690]

Where do you get your pallets of monitors from?

[@justinstrickland4199]

feel like James bond gettin that goldfinger like its my full time job

[@sharkscrapper]

007 license to scrap 🤣

[@gizmodious]

Nice comparison and overview 👍 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@sharkscrapper]

Thanks, Gizmodious - glad you like it. Happy New Year

[@randystone6781]

Thanks, Shark 🦈 for this very interesting and informative video. My knowledge and confidence about E-Waste is improving... 😀

[@sharkscrapper]

Awesome Randy - always happy to help. You can also email me any specific question you have.

[@randystone6781]

Shark, Thank you. I'm sure I'll take you up on that offer.

[@mythar1]

I've got a dozen old CRTs in my garage so i enjoyed learning about the contents. You're very comprehensive and articulate. I won't scrap them myself but i'll sell them onto someone else who can play around with them.

[@sharkscrapper]

Thank you Matt - I'm glad the videos were useful for you. Don't be surprised if nobody wants to pay for them or offers very little. With copper being up right now you might get some offers. But generally speaking, most folks will just offer to pick them up.

[@RetroFan]

@@sharkscrapper CRTS are still used and enjoyed by people.

[@dheerajSM]

i want some crts for retro gaming, can i have some?

[@brissyboy7164]

I have seen this done before but it was cool to see your style of scrapping the monitors out the length of the video was awesome ,as for what i would like to see is a work shop clean up and tour ............ Thumbs Up

[@sharkscrapper]

Work shop clean up!? How about something easy like scrapping a nuclear reactor?

[@ansehorste5974]

merry christmas sharky, from germany, to you your family and the whole crew out there.

[@sharkscrapper]

Same to you!

[@streetcopper1151]

TVs are my bread and butter I love those computer crts .. in my experience the yokes have less glue and junk on them .. plus i think they have more copper 👊🏻great video brother 👊🏻

[@sharkscrapper]

Yup, those yokes are no joke 😂 I've noticed the CRT yoke coils going in the hot tub in some of your melts.

[@streetcopper1151]

@@sharkscrapper yes sir love melting those 👊🏻

[@YouCoontsSeeMe]

Thanks for making this video Shark.

[@sharkscrapper]

My pleasure!

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

You can really see the Advancement in Technology in all 3 Monitors - wow - what a Brilliant Stripping and Explanation - You do it sooooo Well indeed and we enjoy Your Sessions ! If You have any Unusual Electronic Devices - it would be so nice to see them stripped also - all so Fascinating indeed !!!! Stay Safe and greetings from us in HOT Australia - well done !!!!

[@sharkscrapper]

Thank you Michael. It was very interesting to see the differences side-by-side.

[@paulscottpadgett1996]

VERY much RESPECT From one sailor to another

[@sharkscrapper]

Thank you Paul. Honor

[@SilverScorpion]

Great video

[@sharkscrapper]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Drewsroofingandhomerepair]

Awesome videos. Thank you

[@sharkscrapper]

Thanks for watching!

[@barrywest3758]

When "it" hits the fan and goes ballistic, then it's great to have those ballistic glasses on! LOL great informative video! Enjoyed 👍👍

[@sharkscrapper]

LOL - I've been an Oakley fan since my Navy days. Those are some tough shades.

[@randystone6781]

Oakley: Thermonuclear Protection...

[@CruiserMac]

Surprising amount of stuff in those old monitors.

[@RafalScrapper]

well done 👍😀👍

[@cuscrapping]

Great video, Shark! But it kept reminding me of the 20 or so TV's sitting at my shop, patiently waiting to get broke down, plus I picked up 2 more last night, and picking up 2 more today!! UGH!!! Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!!!

[@sharkscrapper]

They can stack up fast. I don't mind picking up computer monitors, but avoid flat screen TV's. I have been known to street scrap a CRT or two in my time.😂

[@rixismetals]

Great video 😁👍

[@sharkscrapper]

Thanks 😁

[@jeremy74pow]

the monitor has steel inside so I put it in a dishwasher or filing cabinet and sent it with the shreddable. I came up with the idea while waiting in line at the scrap yard and they were filling the cars up with tires and trash before they crushed them

[@sharkscrapper]

Well, if the scrapyard has said they don't want monitors and you're hiding them in other scrap - that's not legit. Yes, there's some steel in some of them, but not much by weight. As for your yard loading cars with trash and then crushing them - that's on them and I'd not be surprised if they aren't losing money from charge backs when their buyer catches on.

[@teamSHTF]

I pull the two tubes off the sides and send them for processing to keep it out of the land fill. You can use the acrylic for various things. The screen itself isn't recyclable yet. I also peal the contact strips off the screen and throw the steel backer into shred.

[@billyb5057]

an interesting insight into scrapping monitors *thumbs up👍 like🎅Au🎄always a full view*

[@sharkscrapper]

Thanks Billy

[@RetroFan]

Those Trinitrons are worth good money and are not junk just because it's older tech.

[@sharkscrapper]

Thank you - if I come across more I'll let you know.

[@donniebrown2896]

Just thinking, in the last three years I estimate I've scrapped out probably around 300 crt tvs, my biggest score came from picking up 3 from a couple of, uh, ladies. They asked if I took monitors, their company has gone under. I took my 3 crt tv's home and met them back at their business, smiled all the way back home, 27 crt monitors and 3 printers. The one printer I couldn't get was one that printed blue prints, about 5 feet long and weighed around 300 lbs, that thing was loaded from one end to the other with high grade boards. There's a vid out there showing how crts are recycled in OZ. It shows how to release the vacuum in the tube safely. I've had two that imploded, not fun, and your correct about the tube being weak where the yoke is. Thanks and be safe

[@sharkscrapper]

27 CRT monitors!? That's awesome. My biggest single score was around 15 from an old computer store. Those large format printers can be a good score if you can manage them. I got a call to pick one up and had to partially scrap it behind the building to get it in the vehicle I had at the time.

[@donniebrown2896]

@@sharkscrapper yeah, you should have seen my wife's face. I had those things packed really tight. Even had two printers in my lap. I was in a jeep liberty and if I could have gotten the big printer out of the building I was going to break it down (somehow) and put it on the roof rack.

[@sharkscrapper]

@@donniebrown2896 LOL - I would have liked a picture of that 😂

[@ScrappingIrish]

if i was to wear a shorts and t-shirt scrapping in Dec i would freeze to death, good info video sir

[@sharkscrapper]

That's why I live in FL - I don't like the cold any more.

[@Alrik.]

I was wondering what your neighbours might think of you scrapping in your driveway (and making some noise doing so), but I heard that you have some audibly busy neighbours as well. Thanks for yet again a very informative video! :D

[@sharkscrapper]

It can get a little noisy around here some times. My neighbors don't mind and I'm careful to NOT start making noise too early in the AM. Some are very curious and come over to see what doing.

[@Alrik.]

@@sharkscrapper nice that it works out that way

[@hifiguy77]

that was a very nice CRT in its day

[@sharkscrapper]

Yes, top of the line.

[@adventureswithttfncachn3967]

When my yard sees a capacitor of any type, the board is automatically a low grade board. They call it towers. The only boards I take to the yard are low grade, I learned my lesson on that. CRT monitors have more copper that CRT TVs. Sometimes they have a second degaussing cable, but usually the yoke has more copper straps.

[@sharkscrapper]

Interesting about the "towers". Kind of a harsh criteria. My local yard only has three grades: high (green motherboards), low (brown brittle boards), Mid (everything else). It makes it easier to train their staff. They used to have a dedicated ewaste buyer and I could negotiate better pricing but he was relocated and they haven't filled the position yet. Very frustrating. Not seeing many CRT's these days.

[@benjamin2.076]

Next time, you should consider upcycling the CRT monitors, they yield (wayyyyyy) more value in the second hand market nowadays.

[@sharkscrapper]

I've tried to do that in the past and after they sat around for a few months scrapped them anyway. Perhaps those weren't as good as these? We'll see next time I come across some more.

[@benjamin2.076]

@@sharkscrapper Thanks for the reply! Yeah, The market have changed recently, that's why I mentioned the market nowadays :)

[@YouCoontsSeeMe]

No more radio shack. 😭 I've been just throwing those flatscreens in shred.

[@sharkscrapper]

I've heard some folks can do that. My yard won't take them in shred.

[@threadreaper]

Would have loved to have that old Trinitron CRT before you scrapped it. :( I've been doing e-waste for several years and have met a lot of people in the business who got into it with no real background in computers or electronics, and I wish I had a dime for every time I had rolled up just a few minutes too late to save someone from shredding/stripping/crushing literal thousands of dollars worth of stuff that was either working or repairable and still relevant for some reason or another. Just because it's old, doesn't mean it's useless. People are STILL paying anywhere from $250-400 for that model of monitor on eBay and other marketplaces, because it's one of the best displays available for guys who collect and restore vintage computers (yes, it's a thing) and people who are into old-school video game consoles. And the number of still-relevant graphics cards I've come across bits and pieces of among both the scrap that I purchase and the remains strewn around the shops of guys who let me cherry pick stuff sometimes, just blows my mind. Not to be a hater or anything, I enjoy your channel, I was just heartbroken watching you break apart that Trinitron as they are quickly becoming unobtanium!

[@sharkscrapper]

No worries - I appreciate the feedback. I honestly do because there's so much knowledge out there and I'm learning all the time from comments such as these. Please don't take this wrong, but here's my challenge. I do try to sell vintage electronics on my eBay store and may add them to my website as well. Some have sold quickly and for good money. But most just sit there. So how long do I keep inventory and what should even be held in the first place? I'm not suggesting you have these answers for me, just sharing some of my challenges as a creator of YT videos and a seller of ewaste material. Layer in the time needed to research items, photograph and list them. Just not enough hours in the day to do it all. I'll keep working to improve how I handle vintage material and I'll save Trinitrons for you when I find more of them.

[@threadreaper]

@@sharkscrapper Hey, no worries, I know it can be a bit overwhelming and one can't be an expert in everything. Honestly I was probably coming off a bit more abrasive than I intended. Where I live we never see those things, and having attempted a couple of times to get them shipped here from other places has always just resulted in them being smashed to bits by the shipping companies. I have managed to acquire all the Trinitrons I wanted apart from the the PVM (professional video monitor) and pc monitor types. When I come across them now, or anything else that has a following for whatever reason, what I do to move it is just to list it on various platforms that I sell stuff through, and when pricing it, I consider my investment, which for most of this stuff is around 20 cents a pound I pay people. So if it's a $300ish item on a collector's market, I list it for maybe a week at that price and if it's still here, I slash it in half, the following week, half again. Anything over that 20 cents a pound is profit and if it's taking up space it's more of a problem than it's worth, I agree. I do have another strategy that I employ once in awhile which can, in a manner of speaking at least, extract the full "retail" value of these things with minimal effort and almost no time cost, but I'm not going to post it here, you can DM me if you want. Thanks for engaging, It's always cool when a content creator replies to some random diatribe I leave behind on one of their videos! Keep up the good work, but if you're so inclined, seriously do him me up about those Trinitron monitors, and I'd be happy to provide you with a list of other stuff that I almost always am buying!

[@sharkscrapper]

No worries Level 8, I have thick shark skin. Comes with being a YT creator 🤣 I was also in the Navy for 25 years, I know how to take honest, well meaning criticism and learn. And trust me, I've heard and read much worse. 😆 I definitely need to be more disciplined on the selling side of my biz. I do OK negotiating rates for scrap. But am not so good at selling on eBay or my website. However, that is among my 2022 goals and you've given me some good ideas to help with that. Thanks and keep the comments coming. 🦈

[@sharkscrapper]

I don't see an email address on your ABOUT page and don't see you on Twitter. I'm at [e-mail] if you'd like to share that other idea.

[@scrapwomblecreatives6944]

the way to decharge a tube is slide a large screw driver under the rubber cover on tube push it on to the spring clipping it in the the tube and earth it to the coating on the glass,dont touch the metal you will hear it spark that is the repair shop trusted method i was trained to do nothing like a massive belt up your arm to make you respect what your messing with

[@sharkscrapper]

No argument, it's a good practice. Or just let them sit for a day or so.

[@ngamer007]

Those junk LCDs can go right to scrap, but like others have said, Trinitron CRT monitors are extremely high quality, in demand, and there is a market for them. You can sell them for a few hundred dollars.

[@sharkscrapper]

I've had a number of folks comment on the same for the Trinitrons. Sure I hope I find another.

[@muriaticacid7004]

Thumbs Up

[@virginiasherrill9124]

on that one you called a mid grade board ,the one you said maybe leave one ic chip on that way you migh get away with it,would you be able to sell those to boardsort?

[@sharkscrapper]

Yes you can but I don't. Shipping costs me about $1/lbs, so lower value boards get sold to my local buyer.

[@RoeMantic]

Not gonna lie anymore those monitors go straight to shred!

[@sharkscrapper]

Nothing wrong with that brother. I wish my yard would take them in shred.

[@RoeMantic]

@@sharkscrapper Yeah I don't understand why some yards take stuff and others are snobby like that!

[@rjadams9397]

No people are fixing for tv or montors o screen for cellphones

[@johnferrari6357]

so how much would you make with the scrap from those 3 monitors?

[@sharkscrapper]

This video is kind of dated now. But I'd estimate $1 to $2 in scrap value per monitor.

[@bookshelffury]

keep an eye out for a Sony FW900 24" crt monitor, they sell for thousands.

[@sharkscrapper]

Thank you

[@vickydelventhal8496]

Missed who you take the parts/componets to.

[@sharkscrapper]

I have many buyers all over the country and locally.

[@rjadams9397]

People are reusibg in another countries fot tv or monito. For cephones ., an using for ply gmes

[@dheerajSM]

hello, if you find any trinitron CRTs, pls let me know..

[@sharkscrapper]

I'll keep my eyes open for them.

[@dheerajSM]

thanks !

[@quinton3997]

Arkansas doesn't have anyone paying for board and I do my own gold silver and paladum recovery myself

[@sharkscrapper]

Roger that, be careful with it.

[@dennyvenier3528]

There platinum in the eye of the tv that part you didn't break open

[@sharkscrapper]

Not sure which part you're referring to, but it would only matter if I was planning to refine out the platinum.

[@thecopperbuckrecycling9798]

Whats mid grade going for at JMR

[@sharkscrapper]

Last time I checked, $0.82/lb. How you doing?

[@ewastemike7700]

The best way i found to scrap them is throw them in the shredd pile and be done with them.

[@sharkscrapper]

😂For folks like you and I - who process a lot of ewaste - there's truth in that. Some folks have the time to dig a little deeper.

[@ryanstruble5381]

I take my screens to the scrap yard after I strip the boards out of them. They accept them as long as the frame is metal.

[@sharkscrapper]

Nice - more value for you.

[@teamSHTF]

I hate flat screen monitors. Sooooo boring. 😆I pull the two tubes off the sides and send them for processing to keep it out of the land fill. You can use the acrylic for various things. The screen itself isn't recyclable yet. I also peal the contact strips off the screen and throw the steel backer into shred.

[@sharkscrapper]

Boring yes, but we do what we can to keep things out of the landfill. It would be awesome if there was a recycle market for the ITO in the screens.

[@rjadams9397]

You should sale monitors because people are buying and fixing ..for tv o monitor orscrean for cellphones ..

[@sharkscrapper]

Unfortunately, that biz model is not sustainable for me at this time. But I continue to investigate options.

[@grandpakevin3354]

My yard won't take monitors at all. I need to find a yard that will.

[@sharkscrapper]

Same here buddy. At least the transfer station isn't charging to take them.

[@grandpakevin3354]

@@sharkscrapper The county run yard only takes on 2 days a year for free any other time you have to pay for them.

[@sharkscrapper]

@@grandpakevin3354 😮

[@AH-et7hi]

Do not scrap them and let others make money , put them on eBay or something . the crt's are in high demand because they are not in production anymore

[@sharkscrapper]

When I see posts like this I like to look on eBay and see what they are selling for. To your credit I see SOLD crt's from $10 - for parts, to well over $200 when tested. Frequently the shipping is in the $100 range. I certainly don't get these too often but may consider testing them for resale. I've had mixed results selling on eBay. Thank you for the feedback.

[@stephenphillips690]

It's a hit/miss game on selling good ones. Sometimes it can take awhile waiting on someone to come along that's interested ​@@sharkscrapper

[@user-kk8ql5dr8y]

take better care of all them screws i see youre about to spill in the driveway you have many flats?//?????????

[@sharkscrapper]

That was always a major concern back when I did this in the driveway. Now matter how hard I tried there was always at least one screw that would get away. I had a very thorough cleaning routine at the end of each day.

[@streetcopper1151]

First 😂

[@brissyboy7164]

Hey brother how you going

[@sharkscrapper]

😂 what are you doing up so early?

[@brissyboy7164]

@@sharkscrapperHahahahhha its only 10:12 pm here mate its hot was hell so having a few ice cold beers

[@sharkscrapper]

@@brissyboy7164 LOL, I should have been clearer...Seth - what are you doing up so early?

[@streetcopper1151]

@@brissyboy7164 good sir and you my friend