Why is my old TV considered hazardous waste?

Why is my old TV considered hazardous waste?

John Shegerian (CEO, Electronic Waste Recyclers) gives expert video advice on: What is 'hazardous waste'?; Why is my old TV considered hazardous waste?; Why are the plastics found in e-waste dangerous for the environment? and more...

Your old TV is considered hazardous waste because it has elements of lead in it. The lead that's in our television screens and our computer screens that protects us from the harmful rays from these screens, when they get into landfills and become broken and potentially leech into the environment and the ground and water supply, it's then that that lead becomes harmful, as does the arsenic, mercury, beryllium and cadmium.