Fluorescent Lamps and tubes, including low mercury tubes, compact fluorescent, High Intensity Discharge (HID), Metal halide lamps, such as flood lights, sodium lamps, such as those used for security lightining and outdoor lightning are considered hazardous waste because they contain mercury,

Hazardous waste regulations designate a category of hazardous wastes called " Universal Waste ."  Not all universal wastes are subject to the same regulations or disposal requirements. In general, universal waste may not be discarded in solid waste landfills. calrecycle.ca.gov

More information about Products that contain mercury, how to reduce mercury in the environment, and other usedful information, could be found from this link:  https://www.epa.gov/mercury.

Advice from the EPA-FDA about eating fish and shellfish, those can contain mercury in the form of methylmercury. Methylmercury can negatively affect the central nervous system, particularly the developing brain of a fetus.  https://www.epa.gov/fish-tech/epa-fda-advice-about-eating-fish-and-shellfish.

Why You Should Recycle Fluorecent Lamps and other products containing mercury?

Flourecent Lamps and derivated products contains small amount of mercury that can contaminate our soil, water, rivers, oceans, food if they are not handle it with precautions, needs to be recycle and not deposit them into the dumps.  Our health are at risk.

When they is no further used?

Fluorecent lamps or other types needs to be store in a place away from the rain so if they break , the mercury from broken lamps will not be washed away by rain water getting into our sewers and soils. Do not tape tubes together, put it into their original box or another protective container. 

Why is so important to Recycle Fluorescent Lamps and other products that contain mercury?

​  Can not be trowrn to the land fields, mercuriy and other elements will affect water, soil, humans beans and animals.

​ ​ Local and Federal regulations requirements.  Business are reliable responsible for their waste even after disposal.

​ ​To protect the environment and health, because of the toxic elements contained.