Lamp Recycling
Energy-efficient light bulbs such as Fluorescent lamps contain materials like metal, glass and a tiny amount of mercury. Such lamps are beneficial in terms of limited emission of greenhouse gasses as well as a reduction in electricity consumption. Moreover, some components can be recycled and reused.
The proportion of mercury is well within international safety limits, but considering mercury being a toxic substance, utmost care should and precautions need to be taken during the collection and disposal of the used lamps.
All of these materials can further be recycled or reused in several industries resulting in a truly sustainable lamp recycling solution.
- LED lighting products have a predictable end of life., and since they contain many valuable elements they practically beg to be recycled. These can further be recycled or reused in a number of industries resulting in a truly sustainable lamp recycling solution.
- Using current e-waste recycling techniques, LED-specific materials, i.e. semiconductors like gallium, rare earth metals and precious metals, would be dissipated irrecoverably.
- Many companies are just discovering the urgent need to partner with a lamp recycler to safely handle this mercury-bearing waste.
- When lamps are thrown away in the solid waste stream and end up breaking, the mercury becomes airborne and can harm the environment.
- The victory of LED technology over conventional technologies seems to be confirmed for many applications. After having taken over the backlighting market for flat panel displays, LEDs also entered the general lighting market and penetrated all segments from private homes and industry facilities to streetlights.