Your area may prohibit disposal and or require recycling.
Metal halide light bulb disposal.
Most general waste management agencies use compactors which will crush the bulbs releasing the mercury into the environment.
Other materials in the bulbs get reused.
And high and low pressure sodium vapor bulbs i e yellow lights used for outdoor security lighting.
With the purchase of the lampmaster recycling services inc metal halide bulb recycling kit you can collect package and safely ship up to 60 pounds of any hid bulbs including metal halide and high pressure sodium.
Additional recycling services for businesses and other battery chemistries are available upon request fees may apply.
Fluorescent bulbs including compact fluorescent light bulbs cfls.
Because these bulbs contain metals and toxic chemicals they should be properly disposed of to avoid contaminating the environment or harming human health.
At eds we specialize in the recycling of all types of light bulbs and lamps including fluorescent tubes and bulbs cfl s u bents mercury vapor metal halide and high intensity discharge hid bulbs.
High intensity discharge hid bulbs which include mercury vapor bulbs metal halide and high pressure sodium bulbs and are used for streetlights floodlights parking lots and industrial lighting.
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Just like cfl light bulbs universal waste regulations require proper disposal of lamps and ballasts through either recycling or hazardous waste landfills.
This is important because lamps and certain ballasts contain hazardous materials such as mercury which can contaminate the environment and is harmful to human health.
Lamps that are not waste because they have not been discarded or that are not hazardous waste are not universal wastes.
What type of lights can be recycled.
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Mercury containing light bulbs include.
Virtually every component of metal halide and hid lamps can be recycled.
Recycling cfls and other fluorescent bulbs allows reuse of the glass metals and other materials that make up fluorescent lights.
Examples of common universal waste electric lamps include but are not limited to fluorescent high intensity discharge neon mercury vapor high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps.
Metal halide bulbs i e newer more efficient high intensity lights.
Virtually all components of a fluorescent bulb can be recycled.
