Cincinnati, OH April 11, 2001- Small to mid-sized plants nationwide have struggled to find an efficient way to adhere to the recent EPA Hazardous Waste Lighting Management regulations. The Cincinnati, OH based USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling, Inc. has worked closely with plant owners, engineers, maintenance managers and environmental health & safety managers from several small to mid-sized plants to design a more efficient & affordable method of recycling smaller quantities of bulbs. The company recycles roughly 3 million bulbs annually for corporations, government facilities, and universities from throughout the entire United States.
USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling, Inc. has developed Lamp Recycling Kits for spent mercury containing bulbs. Customers will pay a flat rate for the Lamp Recycling Kit; which consists of a recycling container, instructions, EPA required labeling and prepaid shipping labels. The flat rate also includes all shipping expenses. Small to mid-sized plants using the Lamp Recycling Kits can fill the recycling containers to capacity with spent bulbs, affix the labels, and then either give the container to their local UPS driver, or drop the container off to the nearest UPS Drop Off Center.
In the past, companies would need to purchase containers from a lamp recycler, and then use valuable warehouse space to store the spent bulbs until a substantial quantity was ready to ship (allowing for more affordable shipping rates). The shipping cost were often more expensive than the recycling costs for small to mid sized plants. The new Lamp Recycling Kits can be shipped immediately after the box is full, saving valuable warehouse space. ?The Lamp Recycling Kits offer an affordable, hassle free recycling alternative?, stated Harland Drumm, President; USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling.
The cost for USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling?s new Lamp Recycling Kits are $ 50 for 4? bulbs (60 T-8?s / 30 T-12?s), $ 55 for 8? bulbs (30 T-8?s / 15 T-12?s), $ 50 for U-tubes (25 U-tubes) and $ 100 for High Intensity Discharge (HID) bulbs (5-50 HID bulbs depending on type & size). USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling also sells kits to recycle small quantities of lighting ballasts and assorted batteries. The Kits can be ordered for immediate delivery from USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling by telephone, fax or via the company?s website at http://www.usalamp.com.
Fluorescent and High Intensity Discharge Lamps require mercury to operate. Mercury can cause kidney, nerve, and brain damage in adults, children, and developing fetuses. As a product, the mercury is safely contained inside the bulbs. The bulbs become dangerous to our environment if they are improperly managed.
The national consumption of mercury-containing fluorescent and HID lamps exceeds 1 billion annually. The disposal of mercury-containing bulbs result in over 90,000 lbs. of mercury entering our environment each year. It takes only 20 milligrams of mercury to become acutely toxic to humans.
The Environmental Protection Agency has classified spent lamps containing mercury as universal waste, which is a subset of the Federal Hazardous Waste Regulations. The universal waste regulations simplify the disposal requirements for spent bulbs, as long as they are properly recycled.
USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling, Inc. is located in Cincinnati, OH. The Cincinnati based lamp recycler has been in business since 1993. USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling, Inc. has won several environmental awards by such recognized organizations as the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. Additional information may be found at the company?s website at http://www.usalamp.com.
Contact:
USA Lamp & Ballast Recycling,Inc.
Roger Dunn, Sales Manager
(800) 778-6645
rogerd@usalamp.com
http://www.usalamp.com
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