Research
shows that there are more than 100 million fluorescent
and highway lamps used in the United Kingdom each year
which produce in excess of 3,100 tonnes of waste material
which, until recently, has ended up in landfill sites.
Even though each lamp only contains a small amount or mercury the sheer volume
of waste means that large quantities of hazardous mercury could find their way
into our land and water supplies.
The mercury from only one fluorescent tube can contaminate up to 30,000 litres
of water beyond a safe standard for drinking.
It is no longer acceptable to use landfill sites for disposal and the modern
and environmentally sound treatment is to recycle the lamps extracting the glass
and metal components and distilling the elemental mercury from the powder in
the lamps for reuse.
Recycling...
- Reduces landfill waste
- Reduces potential contamination
of land and water
- Improves health and safety
- Delivers "Duty of Care" to
the user
- Makes economic use of all components
Longhill Environmental offer
this recycling service and have a simple pricing structure
based on a price for the storage unit and price for
collection and recycling of the contents.
The various options are:
Black
Corrugated Pipes
These come in 4ft, 6ft and 8ft lengths
and all are 300mm diameter. They can be stored inside or
outside and the 8ft long pipe will hold various sizes of
lamps.
- 2fts = 420
- 4fts = 210
- 6fts (slimline) = 100
- 6ft 2ft = 200
- 8ft (thicker 1.5 inch thick T12's) = 54
- Assorted PL lamps, etc = several hundred
Grey Bin
1 pallet
size, with lid. Ideal for storing non fluorescent lamps
such as SOX, sons, metal halide, compacts or 9",
2ft and 3ft fluorescents, etc.
Stores approximately 1200 compacts and standard sized
non-linear lamps.
- Comes with lid, can be stored inside or
outside
- 0.8m x 1.0m x 1.2 m (footprint is 1 pallet size)
Grey Collapsible Container
Sizes 1.5 pallet. Ideal for
mixed lamp waste. Will accept all non linear and fluorescents
up to 6ft long. The lid opens from above and the front
folds down making it easy to access. Stores on average:
-
- 2fts = 3600
- 3fts = 2400
- 2fts 4fts = 2400 mixed
- 6fts = 1200
- Non-linear approx 2000 (depending on sizes)
Green Metal
Container
Stands on a 2-pallet footprint. Size is
1.2m by 1.2m by 2.4.m Lockable indoor/outdoor container,
which stores on average: -
- 2fts = 7950
- 4fts = 3900
- 6fts = 1800 ( space for other lamps)
- 6ft 2ft = 3900
- 5fts 3fts = 3900
- 3fts 2fts = 5800
- 3000-approx averages of mixed 2fts/3fts/4fts/5fts/6fts
and 8fts.
- 1000 approx 8fts T12's (1.5 inch thick largest fluorescents)
Please
Note -the amounts these containers will hold for well-packed
lamps with packaging removed. It is the customer's
responsibility to pack lamps inside the container and
not to allow anything other than lamps to be stored in
them for removal. Additonal charges will apply if the
lamps require unpacking (for cardboard outers) or other
waste is included in the container.
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