Showing posts with label RECYCLING LIGHT BULB MOMENT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RECYCLING LIGHT BULB MOMENT. Show all posts

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