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More information on recycling fluorescent lamps.
Because fluorescent lamps contain mercury, it is illegal to put spent lamps in the garbage or trash in King County. This applies to residents as well as businesses and contractors. Fluorescent lamps are regulated as Universal Waste: they must be recycled or managed as hazardous waste.
Recycle lamps using the companies listed below or use firms listed under Hazardous Waste Disposal. Go to www.TakeItBackNetwork.org for a list of firms that collect and recycle fluorescent lamps. Some lighting/electrical suppliers collect lamps on a drop-off basis. Check with the supplier.
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Drop off program(s)
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Kelsun Distributors
Bellevue, WA
425-453-1199
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Lamp recyclers
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Mail away program(s)
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Shipping containers
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Lamp Crushing
Fluorescent tubes contain elemental mercury mixed with powder. Crushing tubes creates mercury vapor which is difficult to contain. Keeping lamps intact prevents mercury exposure. Crushing lamps on-site is a fully regulated "treatment by generator" activity, subject to much more complex requirements than the Universal Waste rule.
More information on lamp crushing.
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