Bulbs & Tubes Recycling
It is estimated that some 80 million
fluorescent tubes and highway lamps are used annually in the UK.
This equates to approximately 3,100 tonnes of material disposed to landfill, including 4 tonnes of mercury.
Mercury is used in a wide variety of products including fluorescent tubes, sodium and mercury lamps, button cell batteries, dental amalgam, thermometers, pharmaceutical and agrochemical formulations, all resulting in mercurial waste.
The mercury from one fluorescent tube can pollute 30,000 litres of water beyond a safe level of drinking.
The recycling equipment separates the tubes' component parts and distills the mercurial powder to produce 99.98% mercury - all are reused in other industries.
The process is authorised by the Environment Agency with the first Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) license of its type in the country.
Recycling your fluorescent tubes means you can meet Duty of Care responsibility under the Environment Protection Act 1990.
We can provide a solution to your bulb recycling needs.