Fluorescent Lamp Disposal Waste Management

Virtually all components of a fluorescent bulb can be recycled.

Fluorescent lamp disposal waste management.

More info 4 foot straight 6 foot straight 8 foot straight compact cfls small bulbs ubent 2 foot straight hid low level metal halide sodium uv ultraviolet shielded plastic coated lamp. Beyond the safe drinking standard in south africa. Fluorescent lamps which contain highly toxic mercury is classified as hazardous waste and poses a large threat to the environment if not handled disposed of correctly. Examples of common universal waste electric lamps include but are not limited to fluorescent high intensity discharge neon mercury vapor high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps.

Your area may prohibit disposal and or require recycling. In some areas it s actually illegal to dispose of fluorescent tubes in the trash so be sure to follow the proper steps in recycling your fluorescent tubes to avoid breaking the law or damaging people s health. These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes. All you have to do is put your acceptable recyclables into the designated bin.

Lamps that are not waste because they have not been discarded or that are not hazardous waste are not universal wastes. Lamptracker boxes employ a tri layer technology to reduce the risk from broken fluorescent lamps during storage handling transport and recycling. Recycling cfls and other fluorescent bulbs allows reuse of the glass metals and other materials that make up fluorescent lights. The mercury from 1 single fluorescent tube is enough to pollute 30 000 litres of water.

You can use the recycling box to store 9 volt and smaller used alkaline carbon zinc nicad nimh silver oxide and mercury batteries you won t be able to recycle lithium batteries ion and lead acid and alkaline carbon zinc nicad and nimh batteries. With waste management s mixed recycling making your business more environmentally friendly is easy cost effective and efficient. Used fluorescent and hid lamps may be classified as hazardous waste due to their mercury content and are thus regulated under the resource conservation and recovery act rcra. In illinois the newly amended universal waste rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps.

See 40 cfr 273 5 for more information. Waste management has updated our privacy policy effective on july 1 2020. We have mail in containers that can fit 13 13 watt bulbs or 7 t 12 or 16 t 8 tubes. Fluorescent lamps are considered household hazardous waste hhw so they don t belong in the recycling bin even if your curbside program accepts glass and metal the main materials inside the tube.

Many communities put on hhw events several times per year if they don t operate a permanent collection facility. Compact fluorescent bulbs and tubes.