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Equipment Recycling
Bulbs and fluorescent are not yet able to hazardous mercury in the
lamps that have come to completely eliminate the waste stream and can safely
their end of life should be need for mercury. recycled with GCL’s lamp
disposed properly since they Fluorescent bulbs often processing machine. At
contain high amounts of break when thrown into a GCL, we recycle compact
mercury. The amount of dumpster, trash can or fluorescent lamps, straight
mercury in a fluorescent when they end up in a and round tube fluorescent
lamp ranges between 3.5 to landfill. On the other hand, lamps, High intensity
15 milligrams, depending on recycling fluorescent bulbs discharge lamps and Light
the type of fluorescent lamp, allows the reuse of the emitting diodes. (Leds)
the manufacturer, and when glass, metals and other During the recycling
the fluorescent lamp was materials that make up process, hazardous mercury
manufactured. Although fluorescent lights. Virtually and phosphor powder are
lighting manufacturers have all components of a collected with various filters
greatly reduced the amount fluorescent bulb can be and disposed properly
of mercury used in lighting recycled. Fluorescent lamps avoiding any possible risks
over the past 20 years, they are the second source of to our environment.
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