There are many different types of fluorescent light tubes used in offices and facilities around the United States. While the type of light tubes used varies based upon the type of building and their lighting needs, one constant remains. There are often hundreds of thousands of bulbs which need to be replaced and disposed of. To make matters worse, each of these light tubes contains some amount of mercury-containing calcium phosphate powder. The amount of mercury within each of these light tubes varies upon their brightness, size, and the supplier. The problem is that disposing of this many lamps will result in injuries, storage costs, disposal costs, and pollution of the atmosphere.
Traditionally these Spent fluorescent light tubes are taken down from the light fixtures and packaged into cardboard containers. The light tubes are then stored in a specific area until they accumulate enough to dispose of them all at once. The boxes are then hauled away and transported to the nearest spent lamp recycling facility. Once they arrive, they are unpacked and loaded onto a conveyor system which moves them into a crusher which operates at negative pressure. The dangerous mercury is then removed and collected into a storage filtration system, while the crushed glass is separated.
This same benefit that takes place at a major recycling center can also be placed right in your shop or office space. With a fluorescent light tube crusher that mounts directly on top of a fifty five gallon drum. The spent tubes are then hand feed into the crusher where they are smashed into tiny particles of glass, while the mercury is collected in a filter.
Advantages
This machine, results in large savings in storage, transpiration, handling, injuries, and worker satisfaction. No longer will your associates have to carefully pack and store the light tubes which often times break and injuries the handler. Recycling the fluorescent light tubes on-site also minimizes the accidental release of mercury into environment, this eliminates potential liability with both state and local pollution laws.
Fluorescent Light Tube Crusher = Savings
Below we list some of the savings that will result from using an on-site Fluorescent Light Tubes Crusher versus that of the current antiquated packaging method.
- Man hour labor which is required to package the fluorescent light tubes
- Save on the cost of boxes, tape, custom shipment labels, and shipping documents
- Time and resources required to ship out vast amount of boxes with the spent light bulbs
- Reduction in injuries that result from broken bulbs as a result of manually packing into boxes
- Cost of recycling each and every bulb
- Project management costs and coordination of responsibilities – Typical for large removal
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