Fluorescent Light Recycling

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Fluorescent light recycling.

When dropping off lights remember. Our fluorescent bulb recycling team will collect your boxes and take them to a specialist facility. So he has been taking his old bulbs to lowe s and home depot for recycling. Fortunately three large retailers home depot ikea and orchard supply store all participate in nationwide cfl recycling programs.

You can return up to 16 light bulbs at once any combination of different types of bulbs. Fluorescent bulbs or tubes fall into the hazardous waste category since they also contain mercury. Simply drop off the fluorescent tube in the box toward the front of the store or leave it with a store associate. Sustainable program management your sustainable program is now easier than ever to manage thanks to an improved website interface.

These bulbs are most commonly used for industrial lighting and in commercial buildings. Virtually all components of a fluorescent bulb can be recycled. Recycle fluorescent lights cfls and hids at no charge throughout washington state. They should not be disposed of in your curbside trash.

Fluorescent lamps contain mercury a highly toxic waste which if disposed of irresponsibly can pollute waterways and damage the environment interwaste provides an easy and effective service of fluorescent lamp disposal in order to ensure compliance. In fact recycling may be required depending on the arizona county you reside in. By extracting glass aluminium and phosphor each material can be turned into new products such as new light bulbs and even road aggregate. Given the current situation we encourage you to reserve your recycling for when the covid 19 pandemic has passed.

Many recycling locations have temporarily closed and we expect more to follow. Recycling cfls and other fluorescent bulbs allows reuse of the glass metals and other materials that make up fluorescent lights. Dave lake of colerain township has been replacing his unattractive fluorescent light bulbs in his home with new led bulbs. While compact fluorescent lightbulbs cfls have extensive recycling options through retail drop offs and mail in programs the same can t be said for fluorescent tubes.

How to recycle fluorescent tubes. Your area may prohibit disposal and or require recycling. In british columbia we accept many kinds of lighting products for recycling including light bulbs fluorescent tubes light fixtures ballasts and string lights. Here 95 of the materials from the tubes and bulbs are recycled safely and put to good use.