Fluorescent Tube Recycling

How many fluorescent light bulbs are in your school? How often do they require your maintenance team to change them? Are you following California’s Universal Hazardous Waste Rules with every light bulb change? If you’re not, your district could expect some serious fines if those light bulbs end up in the dumpster or are otherwise handled in an unsafe manner. What can you do to end the potential for fines in your building or district? Call SES Electronic Recycling today.

The Dangers of Light Bulbs

It’s hard to imagine that the fluorescent tubes or LED bulbs in your district are dangerous, but once they hit the landfills, they truly are. Each one contains mercury or other dangerous metals, and those can leach into the ground water supply if they’re disposed of in an unsafe manner. While you could certainly handle the disposal on your own, the reality is that disposing of these bulbs in your district is a dangerous process on its own. In fact, according to California guidelines, your maintenance team will have to be trained on the guidelines surrounding light bulb recycling every year, and you’ll need to document that training so state and local inspectors can take a look at how your teams are trained any time they wish to do so. Beyond that, you have to place every bulb in a secured container, as soon as it’s removed, then handle transportation in the required manner to a secure facility. Wouldn’t it be easier on everyone in your district if SES Recycling just took care of it?

Call SES Electronic Recycling Today

Your district has something much more important than safe light bulb disposal on its plate – educating the kids who walk through your halls every single day. Let us worry about the light bulbs with an easy process your whole maintenance team will appreciate. Learn more about our fluorescent tube recycling when you contact us today.