Crushed Fluorescent Lamp Recycling

In illinois the newly amended universal waste rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps.

Crushed fluorescent lamp recycling.

Additionally crushed lamps may not be managed as universal waste. One price includes everything you need the un certified recycling container shipping to the recycling center recycling fees and certificates of recycling. All fluorescent lamps and tubes are considered hazardous waste in california when they are discarded because they contain mercury. Recycling with easypak easypak recycling containers are the safe and easy way to recycle your facilities fluorescent bulbs batteries ballasts and electronics.

Fluorescent lamps and tubes. Recycling prevents the release of mercury into the environment. Title 22 division 4 5 chapter 11 section 66261 50 this includes. In others lamps may not be crushed unless the facility first obtains a permit from the state environmental agency.

National service provider for recycling lamps ballasts batteries and electronic products. Studies have shown that facilities that crush their own lamps can minimize storage space by 80 and save up to 50 on recycling costs. Manufactures lamp crushing equipment for worldwide distribution. Other materials in the bulbs get reused.

Both straight fluorescent lamps and u shaped fluorescent lamps can be crushed. Prohibited in some states. Learn more about cfls and mercury. Fluorescent lamps are specifically identified as universal waste in virginia s hazardous waste management regulations section 273 5.

These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes. All fluorescent lamps and tubes should be recycled or disposed as hazardous waste. 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. These include fluorescent tubes high intensity discharge lamps and compact fluorescent lamps cfl or energy saver.

Rather they are subject to hazardous waste requirements from the point of generation. Check with your state for details on. A fluorescent lamp crusher compactor is a lamp crushing machine that processes or crushes spent fluorescent lamps into small fragments. Quantities above 500 lamps.

The bulb eater and bulk pickup services quantities below 500 lamps. Easypak mail back container program. Crushing lamps with the bulb eater or other devices is a great way for facilities to save space over storing boxes of intact lamps and having to pay significantly larger shipping costs to get rid of the lamps. Cfls and other fluorescent bulbs often break when thrown into a dumpster trash can or compactor or when they end up in a landfill or incinerator.

The crushed glass is compacted into 55 gallon containers.