RECYCLE THOSE CRTS.

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In April, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to ban computer monitors and TV sets from landfills. The lead in the glass picture tubes (cathode ray tubes-CRTs) can pose environmental and health hazards. "It's better to recycle [CRTs] than crush them up, put them in the ground or burn them up," said Rick Lombardi, spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental...