Crushed Fluorescent Lamp Recycling

Studies have shown that facilities that crush their own lamps can minimize storage space by 80 and save up to 50 on recycling costs.

Crushed fluorescent lamp recycling.

Recycling prevents the release of mercury into the environment. All fluorescent lamps and tubes should be recycled or disposed as hazardous waste. Both straight fluorescent lamps and u shaped fluorescent lamps can be crushed. Easypak mail back container program.

Fluorescent lamps are specifically identified as universal waste in virginia s hazardous waste management regulations section 273 5. 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. These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes. Rather they are subject to hazardous waste requirements from the point of generation.

One price includes everything you need the un certified recycling container shipping to the recycling center recycling fees and certificates of recycling. National service provider for recycling lamps ballasts batteries and electronic products. In illinois the newly amended universal waste rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps. Title 22 division 4 5 chapter 11 section 66261 50 this includes.

Over 1350 t8 4 lamps can be crushed into one 55 gallon drum. All fluorescent lamps and tubes are considered hazardous waste in california when they are discarded because they contain mercury. A fluorescent lamp crusher compactor is a lamp crushing machine that processes or crushes spent fluorescent lamps into small fragments. Check with your state for details on.

Therefore if the lamps are being recycled they are not subject to the more stringent reporting and handling procedures that are necessary when managing hazardous wastes. The bulb eater and bulk pickup services quantities below 500 lamps. Crush nationwide lamp disposal mercury containing fluorescent lamps electronic waste recycling lamps all electronic waste the law background various types of lamps in increasingly common use today contain mercury. Manufactures lamp crushing equipment for worldwide distribution.

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. Recycling with easypak easypak recycling containers are the safe and easy way to recycle your facilities fluorescent bulbs batteries ballasts and electronics. Prohibited in some states. Quantities above 500 lamps.

Additionally crushed lamps may not be managed as universal waste. The crushed glass is compacted into 55 gallon containers. These include fluorescent tubes high intensity discharge lamps and compact fluorescent lamps cfl or energy saver. Learn more about cfls and mercury.

In others lamps may not be crushed unless the facility first obtains a permit from the state environmental agency.