Fluorescent Light Recycling

New recycling technology has meant that mercury-bearing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and fluorescent tubes can now be recycled safely in Perth's Eastern Region.

The Federal Government's decision in 2007 to phase out incandescent light globes by 2009-10 means that an increasing volume of energy-efficient lighting such as compact fluorescent lamps and fluorescent tubes will be used by households and businesses. While these types of lights have the advantage of lasting longer and requiring less electricity, their drawback is that many of them contain small amounts of mercury which could be absorbed into the environment. New recycling technology, however, will enable mercury-bearing lights to be recycled safely.

Through the use of a crush and separation process, your tubes and lamps will be transformed into clean, usable products such as glass wool (used in household insulation batts), dental amalgam and fertilisers.

You can take your fluorescent tubes or lamps to boxes provided in local Council offices, the City of Bayswater's Max Tulley Information Office at the Galleria Shopping Centre, the Red Hill Transfer Station or any Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day (held monthly in varying locations throughout Perth's Eastern Region). Staff will be available to assist you in placing them in the specially marked recycling bins or boxes where they will later be taken for recycling.

By making the effort to dispose of your fluorescent lighting safely and correctly, you will be helping to convert potential waste into valuable resources.

To find out more about fluorescent recycling click on the links below:

Make your rubbish a resource for the future: recycle!!

To download our fluorescent light recycling flyer or our fluorescent light recycling fact sheet click on the links below:

Fluorescent Light Recycling Flyer.pdf (317.54 kb)
Reference No: EMRC-76069
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