What is Lamp Recycling?

• Yes, you can! Lamp recycling is about preventing industrially-altered methyl mercury from contaminating our water and fish;

• Most lamps contain mercury, which is a neurotoxin and is commonly known as quicksilver;

• The recycling of mercury-containing light bulbs and other types of lamps minimizes the release of mercury into the air around you, and into the environment.

Can you Recycle Light Bulbs and Other types of Lamps?

Mercury Quantity in Lamps per item

Source:Osram Sylvania

Mercury Quantity in Lamps per item

Source:Osram Sylvania

How does mercury contamination happens?

Source:EPA

• Around the world there are billions of burnt-out fluorescent and other mercury-containing lamps in landfills;

• A large percentage of a lamp, often over 50%, will go to landfills even if it’s recycled in the right way;

• In Ontario only 10-20% of mercury-containing lamps are sent to a mercury management facility;

• Fluorescent tubes, CFLs, HID, neon, mercury vapor, high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps are all considered to be universal hazardous waste, because they contain mercury and need to be processed at end-of-life.

Mercury Containing Lamp Recycling Facts

• The key to an effective recycling and waste diversion program is managing the items or materials at end of life in an environmentally friendly and responsible way;

• Our storage bins minimize breakage and contamination on your site and during transportation to make sure that the items remain intact for recycling. The bins, boxes and recycling stations are maintained by our trained staff and they make sure that no waste/dirt is left onsite when we picked up the items.

Lamp Recycling Solutions

Contact us at: info@Waste-Diversion.caWebsite: www.Waste-Diversion.ca