How should I dispose of fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps, and light ballasts?
We collect fluorescent and HID lamps (high pressure sodium, metal halide, and mercury vapor) through both our weekly and monthly appointments. It is important that you wrap or package the lamps so they will not break. Broken lamps are considered more hazardous than intact lamps because the mercury within the phosphor coating of the glass is more likely to escape. Keep the lamps from rubbing against each other with bubble wrap. We also take fluorescent and HID ballasts. Ballasts in these light fixtures adjust electrical current to excite the electrons passing through the lamp and hence produce light. Ballasts in the past contained hazardous substances such as PCBs or DEHD. Freestanding electronic ballasts can be recycled through our Weekly or Monthly programs.
