I love it when an organization looking for DONATIONS limits what they will take. I say STFU and be happy that people are willing to donate to you organization.
It's the regulations for Hazardous waste, CRT's were reclassified and can no longer be thrown away.
Goodwill cannot simply toss a bad TV in the dumpster that was donated....
While I don't like that a good source is gone, I understand why they stopped.
If anything, get mad at the dumbass lawmakers that keep making these laws without understanding their impact.
So now MORE TV's are going to get tossed rather than recycled through Goodwill and other thrift stores.
Hell, look at how they stopped accepting toys too...
Lead laws make them liable if they resell a donated toy from China that is found later to have lead paint or whatever...
Another example: They had to stop selling kids motorcycles because the target users were under a given age.
Why: Because the metal in the motorcycle contained enough lead to trigger the lead laws for "kids toys".
Go figure....
Kinda like the Congressman talking about the acceptable pH of water discharges,
then having another member exclaim "Why are we letting industry get away with 7.0 pH, they should have to get it to ZERO!!"
ROFL, as I always say, the meaning of Politician: (Poli = Many) (tic = Bloodsucker or leach).... so, Politician = Many Leaches."