The switch to digital has left many older television sets obsolete and useless. Unless you have DVD, VCR or other kind of player hooked up to it, you're old television may be hitting the scrap heap.
And now these old televisions are other such electronics are being recycled now.
Many States have passed laws about the recycling of the older televisions. Electronics companies have gotten the short end of the stick in having to take care of these older televisions, and it seems to be costing them a fortune.