You could always go retro and turn it into a fish tank. Just take out the guts, replace the tube with a glas front and voila! Aquatic reality TV.

I gutted my old TV and turned it into a planter - and a statement.

I was wondering whether you have any pictures of your recycled TV? I am from an organisation called We Are What We Do, and in April we supporting TV turn off Week. As part of this we are looking for photos of other TV uses. so if you have any please let me know as we would love to feature them on our site.

be careful!

I remember when a friend took a TV apart, he had to discharge the electricity that it was storing. There’s an electromagnet or capacitor or something inside (well, it is a cathode ray tube) so if you are going to take a tv apart, be careful and research it :)

I ditto the “be careful” comment above. Not something to do if you don’t know what you are doing, as you can get a VERY nasty shock without even knowing where it’s come from.

Turn the set into a dustbin.

If it is taken to the tip it should be recycled under the EEC WEE (waste electrical equipment) regulations. On some older sets the `tube` was fitted behind a large, tinted, moulded glass plate, larger than the `tube` itself - it makes a superb fruit bowl/ serving dish etc.

Gut it. Cut the frame into equal squares and add in a few bits of colored glass. put a light in the bottom of the TV and shine it up. Place a clear piece of glass or plastic for a base on the tv. Put the pieces of screen and colored glass on it and melt or glue on. Turn on the light for a great table.

I know it’s not really recycling them, but you could give them to me!

They have lead and mercury in them. It’s best to leave them in front of a TV repair shop after hours…if you can still find one.

Gut the televisions carefully and turn into either coffee table if tv is large or for smaller tvs gut them then screw together and turn into book cases!

Be careful, I know a story of a man dismantling a tv and the electric travelled into his toes and split them in half. Lucky it wasn’t his genitals! if had to come out somewhere!!

just pay someone to gut it. make sure they recycle what they can to make your aquarium. I’ve seen this done with great results.