- Are you involved in energy efficiency upgrades?
- Do you install new lighting?
- Did you know that many spent bulbs and ballasts are regulated hazardous wastes?
- Do you know how to properly handle these wastes?
Using fluorescent lamps makes business and environmental sense because they consume one quarter as much electricity as incandescent lighting. At the same time, spent and broken fluorescent lamps need to be handled very carefully because they contain small amounts of mercury. Some fluorescent lamps manufactured prior to 1978 were also commonly manufactured with PCBs. All mercury and PCB- containing lamps must be recycled as universal waste or must be managed as hazardous waste.
For information about the Idaho rules that apply to lamp disposal,
click here.
The Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers offers a training module on the proper management and disposal of lamps and ballasts. To view this training,
click here.
Revised Erosion Control Field Guides are available for $7.00
The Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers free, confidential, environmental assistance. For direct assistance, please contact Joan Meitl, Environmental Assistance Coordinator at 208.426.1839, or email joanmeitl@boisestate.edu. To obtain futher information on various environmental issues, please click on the drop down selector above.