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The accumulation of mercury in the environment and food chain is a serious environmental and human health hazard. Commercial generators (businesses, institutions) must responsibly handle lamps due to their mercury content. Lamps cannot simply be thrown away as garbage. Commercial generators may choose to dispose of lamps by traditional hazardous waste methods; however, EPA has streamlined environmental regulations to enable lamps to be treated as “Universal Waste.” The Universal Waste rules promote recycling over hazardous waste disposal. Commercial generators are urged to become familiar with all regulatory requirements regarding fluorescent lamps by contacting the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Pollution Prevention Unit at (518) 402-9469 or visit DEC’s website at www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/hzwstman/bulbs2.htm . Click here to view Businesses: Recycle Your Mercury Brochure. The following is a list of companies that offer full services for the handling of fluorescent lamps: Eastern Environmental
Inc. Safety Kleen Corp.
Northeast
Lamp Recycling
250 Main St. East Windsor, CT 06088 (888) 657-5267 x 102
www.nlrlamp.com
Contact: Robert Judkins AERC Recycling Solutions American Lamp Recycling U.S.A. Lamp & Ballast, Inc. Onyx Electronic Recycling Tri State Environmental Corp. We Recycle In addition, residents of Westchester County are encouraged to keep fluorescent bulbs generated from homes out of the waste stream by participating in the Household Chemical Clean-Up Days sponsored by the Department of Environmental Facilities. Call the Westchester County Household Chemical Info-Line at (914) 813 5425 for more information.
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