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Mad
Hatter™ Lamp Recycling Program
A cost effective, simple to use nationwide box recycling program and pollution
prevention service, designed to recycle smaller quantities of spent
fluorescent lamps. Prepaid recycling made simple!
Simply call 866.476.7378
Order, Fill, Seal, Ship - simple!
Download
a PDF file HERE. |
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Why
Recycle?
It's a fact - Nationwide (USA) there are over 400,000,000 fluorescent
lamps thrown away every year.
It's a fact - One Gram of Mercury Can Contaminate a Twenty Acre Lake.
It is estimated that some 400 million fluorescent bulbs and highway lamps
are used annually in the U.S. This equates to around 13,000 tons of material
disposed to landfill, including some 12 tons of mercury. Mercury is used
in a wide variety of products including fluorescent bulbs, sodium and mercury
lamps, etc. all resulting in mercurial
waste.
It is estimated that the mercury from one fluorescent tube can pollute
30,000 liters of water beyond a safe level for drinking. There are strong
environmental reasons for proper management and recycling of these bulbs
on a worldwide scale.
YOUR BUSINESS - Universal waste regulations ban
landfill of items containing mercury and state
that they be properly recycled. Failure to comply leaves you liable
for penalties, including:
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Fines up to $25,000 or more. |
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Damaged public image by not showing environmental responsibility. |
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Long-term liability for illegally disposed of material. |
YOUR HEALTH - Mercury can
pose a serious health risk. The following warnings are in effect:
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Short-term exposure to high levels of mercury
can cause lung damage, elevated blood pressure or heart rate. |
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Long-term exposure to high levels of mercury can permanently
damage the brain, kidneys and developing fetuses. |
YOUR ENVIRONMENT - Mercury contamination
causes long-term damage to the environment.
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Fish consumption warnings issued in many states
and countries due to high levels of mercury pollution. |
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Contaminated bodies of water – small amounts of mercury
will contaminate a lake for centuries. |
Although fluorescent lighting saves energy and money, they
do present special disposal considerations. Fluorescent lamps
contain mercury and are considered to be hazardous
wastes when disposed. Although the amount of mercury in each lamp
is small, several million lamps are discarded
in the U.S. each year, making these lamps one of the largest sources
of mercury in our garbage. When a lamp is broken or placed in a landfill
or incinerator, the mercury can contaminate the air, surface water
and ground water.
More and more regulatory and environmental professionals agree
that drum top crushers are a good, convenient and effective first step
in the proper disposal and safe containment of fluorescent lamps and bulbs
and the mercury
that is in them.
Your business may be improperly disposing of mercury and other harmful
heavy metals every day. You need to get the facts before it becomes a problem
for your business, your health and your environment.
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