Crushed Fluorescent Lamp Recycling

The crushed glass is compacted into 55 gallon containers.

Crushed fluorescent lamp recycling.

Additionally crushed lamps may not be managed as universal waste. 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. One price includes everything you need the un certified recycling container shipping to the recycling center recycling fees and certificates of recycling. Easypak mail back container program.

Rather they are subject to hazardous waste requirements from the point of generation. Fluorescent lamps and tubes. These include fluorescent tubes high intensity discharge lamps and compact fluorescent lamps cfl or energy saver. Recycling with easypak easypak recycling containers are the safe and easy way to recycle your facilities fluorescent bulbs batteries ballasts and electronics.

All fluorescent lamps and tubes should be recycled or disposed as hazardous waste. Learn more about cfls and mercury. Quantities above 500 lamps. 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. These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes. Prohibited in some states. Manufactures lamp crushing equipment for worldwide distribution.

Over 1350 t8 4 lamps can be crushed into one 55 gallon drum. A fluorescent lamp crusher compactor is a lamp crushing machine that processes or crushes spent fluorescent lamps into small fragments. Fluorescent lamps are specifically identified as universal waste in virginia s hazardous waste management regulations section 273 5. 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.

Recycling prevents the release of mercury into the environment. Studies have shown that facilities that crush their own lamps can minimize storage space by 80 and save up to 50 on recycling costs. 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. 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. Check with your state for details on. In illinois the newly amended universal waste rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps. Both straight fluorescent lamps and u shaped fluorescent lamps can be crushed.

Other materials in the bulbs get reused.