Light bulbs

lightbulb-iconThe glass and metal in used lightbulbs can be extracted and reused. Some local authorities have special banks for light bulbs.   Light bulbs should always be intact not smashed.

In particular fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs (the energy saving ones) MUST be recycled as these are now classified as hazardous waste.

As hazardous waste these broken bulbs are not allowed into landfill because they contain mercury and therefore have to be recycled.

The Mercury from 1 single Fluorescent Tube is enough to pollute 30,000 Litres of Water beyond the safe drinking level in the UK.

Electrical Waste

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Lampcare (UK) Recycling are the largest recycler and collector of lamps in the UK. The company have the most advanced high volume equipment for lamp recycling and own three mercury distillation plants.

Recolight

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The UK’s specialist WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry Recolight was set up by the lighting industry in 2005 to take on their WEEE responsibility for recycling light bulbs  and lamps when the WEEE regulations were introduced into the … Read more