|
Thank you for your
continued support
and referrals.
Please feel free to
forward this newsletter to others and
encourage
them to sign up.
|
|
|
|
You are receiving
this information from WasteCare
Corporation as you requested. If you
feel it was sent to you in error, please
contact us
here or
see the bottom of newsletter to change
your subscription options.
If
you have trouble clicking any of the
links, go to
.
|
Quick Paybacks with Bulb
Crushers
Savings are typically anywhere from
a dime to $1 per lamp
|
When lamps are sent to
landfills, or especially when
incineration is used as an alternative
disposal method, mercury vapors are
released that can travel over 200 miles!
It is highly toxic to the human nervous
system and particularly poisonous to the
kidneys. Once absorbed by the
body, mercury is distributed by the
blood to all tissues of the human body,
and it easily crosses the placental
barrier; prenatal exposure can lead to a
variety of health problems including a
severe form of cerebral palsy.
-
In 1992,
mercury-containing lamps were added
to the United States' Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) list of
hazardous substances. (The
EPA's regulatory threshold of 0.2
mg./liter is usually exceeded by
mercury-containing lamps).
-
Mercury was number
three on the 1997 list of hazardous
substances as outlined by the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR) and the EPA.
Due to the new
Federal Environmental Protection
Agency's regulations on lamps, which
went into effect on January 6th, 2000,
most non-residential facilities are now
required by law to properly dispose of
their lamps. Landfills
are increasingly intolerant of lamps
from non-residential sources due to the
amount of mercury found in each lamp.
Lamps later found in landfills are
subject to retroactive clean-up costs
under CERCLA. Recycling of the
lamp components is the recommended
method of disposal by the Environmental
Protection Agency and helps to minimize
facility liability.
Facilities across the
world use the Fluorescent Lamp Crusher /
Compactor to make their lamp disposal
process more efficient. The systems will
greatly reduce storage needs, minimize
handling of the lamps, create a safer,
cleaner work environment, and cut
overall recycling costs. A
Fluorescent Lamp Crusher / Compactor is
a lamp crushing machine that processes,
or crushes, spent fluorescent lamps into
small fragments. The crushed glass is
compacted into 55-gallon containers. The
Model 55 VRS crushes over 1350 T8 4'
lamps into one 55-gallon drum. The Model
55 VRS-U not only crushes straight
fluorescent lamps of any length, but
also u-shaped fluorescent lamps as well.
This greatly improves storage of the
lamps, handling, safety/liability
issues, and recycling costs. The units
are complete with filtration systems to
help ensure both OSHA and EPA
compliance.
-
Eliminate storage hassles - Reduce
your needed storage space for lamps
by crushing over 1350 T8 4' lamps
per 55-gallon drum (The Fluorescent
Lamp Crusher / Compactor crushes all
length lamps, see picture to better
visualize size reduction).
-
Reduce handling - Handle your spent
bulbs once. Simply roll your
Fluorescent Lamp Crusher /
Compactor system on a 55-gallon drum
dolly (sold separately) to the work
area or into a storage area. Save
roughly 20 hours of labor per 1000
lamps by crushing rather than boxing
the lamps!
-
Safer
work environment - EPA studies show
an estimated 2-3% accidental
breakage rate while boxing lamps
prior to pick-up. The 0.001%
emission rate from the Fluorescent
Lamp Crusher / Compactor system
provides for less mercury vapor
emission. Your workers are not only
safer, but your liability is
reduced! Even after crushing 1500
lamps, the most recent emission
study showed non-detectable levels
of mercury vapor emissions.
-
Cut
costs - By pre-crushing the lamps,
facilities are able to save money on
their lamp recycling costs. Savings
are typically anywhere from a dime
to $1 per lamp!
-
Nationwide recycling program - Enjoy
"special" discounted national rates
for lamp recycling. Fully permitted
trucks are used for transportation
and Certificates of Recycling are
provided once the lamps are
recycled.
More information on
Fluorescent Bulb Crushers /
Compactors
is available
Fluorescent Lamp Crushers and Lamp Recycling Programs are available at WasteCare.com. Order yours today.
|
|
