Monday, November 22, 2010

LIGHT BULB MOMENT

Mercury recycling and compact fluorescent lamps are topics high on today’s recycling agenda . One of the brightest strategies for everyday household energy savings is using compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) in place of standard incandescent bulbs .

The evolution of lamp recycling and mercury recovery technology . In view of increase awareness about the mercury problem arising from waste , and with an increase in the use of mercury in lamps , it is of great importance that more recycling systems are implemented . There is a comparative study of E- Waste recycling system in Japan , South Korea and Taiwan from the EPR Perspective .

It is an environmentally important that mercury is removed from the phosphor powder and / or mercury pallets in discarded lightbulbs . Fluorescent lighting technologies are undergoing rapid market growth as part of a resurgent societal interest in energy efficiency .

Recently , the South China Morning Post reported that an old mercury mine was reopened in the village of Ke Zhai . The technology to do this is available

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