Crushed Fluorescent Lamp Recycling

These include fluorescent tubes high intensity discharge lamps and compact fluorescent lamps cfl or energy saver.

Crushed fluorescent lamp recycling. Fluorescent lamps are specifically identified as universal waste in virginia s hazardous waste management regulations section 273 5. All fluorescent lamps and tubes are considered hazardous waste in california when they are discarded because they contain mercury. Manufactures lamp crushing equipment for worldwide distribution. In others lamps may not be crushed unless the facility first obtains a permit from the state environmental agency.

Rather they are subject to hazardous waste requirements from the point of generation. These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes. 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. 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.

One price includes everything you need the un certified recycling container shipping to the recycling center recycling fees and certificates of recycling. In illinois the newly amended universal waste rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps. 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. Check with your state for details on.

Additionally crushed lamps may not be managed as universal waste. Other materials in the bulbs get reused. Title 22 division 4 5 chapter 11 section 66261 50 this includes. Prohibited in some states.

National service provider for recycling lamps ballasts batteries and electronic products. Fluorescent lamps and tubes. Quantities above 500 lamps. 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.

A fluorescent lamp crusher compactor is a lamp crushing machine that processes or crushes spent fluorescent lamps into small fragments. All fluorescent lamps and tubes should be recycled or disposed as hazardous waste. 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. The bulb eater and bulk pickup services quantities below 500 lamps.

The crushed glass is compacted into 55 gallon containers. Recycling with easypak easypak recycling containers are the safe and easy way to recycle your facilities fluorescent bulbs batteries ballasts and electronics. Easypak mail back container program. Both straight fluorescent lamps and u shaped fluorescent lamps can be crushed.

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