| 1. Safe Disposal Methods |
| 2. Collection and Transport |
| 3. Lamp Recycle Businesses |
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| 1. Safe disposal methods |
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| Place waste lamps in the box in which replacement tubes or bulbs arrived, or in special cartons provided by the lamp recycler. |
| Store lamps in a safe place to avoid breakage, marking the area appropriately to prevent others from accidentally throwing trash in it. |
| Separate and put broken lamps in a heavy plastic bag placed inside a rigid container. If you cannot locate a lamp recycler who will accept them, treat broken lamps as hazardous waste. |
| Do not place the broken fluorescents in metal receptacles. Metal boxes will absorb mercury and become hazardous waste containers. |
| 2. Collection and Transport |
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| Most lamp recyclers offer transportation services. Waste lamp generators may also contract with a solid or hazardous waste transporter to take lamps to a recycler, or safely transport their lamps themselves. |
| Lamp generators may collect waste lamps from several locations and store them in a central facility to ease transport and recycling. |
| Transportation to another state may require use of a transporter licensed in that state and compliance with that state's hazardous waste transportation laws. |
| Business Name | Address | Phone Number |
|---|---|---|
| A-Tec Recycling Inc. | Box 7391 Des Moines, IA 50309 | 1-800-558-1166 |
| Dynex | 6801 Industrial Loop Greendale, WI 53127 | 1-800-249-3310 |
| Lamp Recyclers Inc. | 712 Packerland Drive Green Bay, WI 53707-0794 | 1-800-558-1166 |
| Superior Lamp Recycling | Port Washington, WI 53074-0500 | 1-800-556-LAMP |
| Recyclights | 2010 E. Hennepin Avenuw Minneapolis, MN 55413 | 1-800-831-BULB |
| Mercury Technologies of Minnesota | Pine City Industrial Park Pine City, MN 55063-0013 | 1-800-864-3821 |
| Midwest Recycling and Mercury Recovery Services, Inc. | Dubuque, IA 52004-0667 | 1-319-582-4763 |
| Recycling Technologies, Inc. | 1480 N. Springdale Rd. Waukesha, WI 53186 | 1-414-798-3040 |
| Salesco Systems | 3800 N. Wilke Rd, Suite 300 Arlington Heights, IL 60004-1267 | 1-708-259-8311 |
| MAVO Systems | 1428 Marshall Street NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 | 1-612-331-6525 |
| USA Lights | 2007 County Road C-2 Roseville, MN 55113 | 1-612-628-9370 |
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