Lamp Recycling
Ballast Recycling
Battery Recycling

Northwestern Lighting Recycle Form

You can drop off your spent lamps or schedule a pick up recycle@northwesternlighting.com We offer canisters and large boxes for recycling, so you can recycle your own lamps. You then call or email us to P/U or you can ship them directly to the recycling center or drop them off yourself and save some extra money.

Once the lamps are properly disposed of, the recycling center will send your company a certificate of compliance, documenting that the lamps you sent to us have been properly recycled.

Take the hassle out of recycling your lamps, let Bulb Man, Inc quote you today on the recycling of your lamps, ballast, computer monitors and batteries

For years & years our used fluorescent lamps containing mercury have been disposed of in our landflills, until now. As of today, the EPA has ruled that companies are now responsible for recycling the spent lamps they use. The EPA decided to do so after years of mercury containing lamps were emitting mercury into our stream, lakes and rivers. This mercury was and is eventually ending up in the human food chain.

The inclusion of fluorescent & HID bulbs into the Universal Waste Rule will allow for less stringent requirements regarding the collection, transporting, record keeping, and storage of fluorescent & HID bulbs. The recent addition of fluorescent & HID bulbs to the Universal Waste Regulations will make it easier for generators to properly manage this toxic material.

Under the new Universal Waste Rule, mercury-containing lamps can be handled much more cost-effectively. In order for the bulbs to be classified as "Universal Waste", they MUST be recycled. If the bulbs are sent to a recycler, generators and handlers are subject to NO regulatory burdens. The Universal Waste Rule allows for the bulbs to be shipped on a bill of lading using a standard trucking company; as long as they are destined for recycling.

If you choose not to recycle, your other option is to ship the bulbs to a hazardous waste landfill. Shipping your bulbs to a hazardous waste landfill will exclude you from the Universal Waste Rule, and will subject your company to all hazardous waste regulations. Exclusion from the Universal Waste Rule requires that the proper record-keeping, collection, storage and hazardous waste transporting requirements be followed. The shipping costs to use an approved hazardous waste
trucking company can cost up to 75% more than standard trucking companies.

The national consumption of mercury containing fluorescent & HID lamps exceeds 1 billion annually. Their disposal results in over 90,000 pounds of mercury entering our environment each year. It only takes 20 milligrams of mercury to become acutely toxic to humans.

Lampmaster: Lamp Recycling Box Program (top)

Instructions

1. Remove the enclosed FedEx PRP Shipping Label and attach it to the pail. Keep the FedEx shipper receipt for your records. You will need the number from the receipt to give to FedEx when you schedule the pickup. If you do NOT have a shipping label, please contact Bulb Man, Inc 1-716-875-2852 

2. Shape box and tape ALL flaps on one end of the box.

3. Place the containment bag inside the box.

4. Fill in Generator Information and Accumulation Start Date.

5. Begin to fill the box with spent mercury-containing bulbs. Do NOT break or crush lamps.

6. DO NOT put shielded lamps in the same box with regular lamps and DO NOT put materials other than lamps in the lamp boxes.

7. After the box is full, fold over the end of the bag and tape ALL flaps on open end of the box.

8. Complete Accumulation End Date and Enter the Quantity of Bulbs.

9. Please be sure that the Red FedEx PRP Shipping Label is attached to the box. No additional labels or markings are required.

10. To schedule pick-up of the pail, call 1-716-875-2875for the FedEx Ground Package Returns Program. The FedEx Representative will request the number from the shipping receipt - 1196802.

11. A Certificate of Recycling is available upon the completion of the recycling process. An e-mail address or fax number is required to receive the Recycling Certificate.

Pailmaster: Battery/Ballast Pail Recycling Program (top)

Instructions

1. Remove the enclosed FedEx PRP Shipping Label and attach it to the pail. Keep the FedEx shipper receipt for your records. You will need the number from the receipt to give to FedEx when you schedule the pickup. If you do NOT have a shipping label, please contact CRI at 888.676.0044.

2. Complete the Generator Information and Accumulation Start Date on the pail.

3. Fill the pail with used dry-cell batteries, mercury, lithium or button-cell batteries, or lighting ballast for recycling.
a. DO NOT put materials other than batteries in the battery pail, or lighting ballast in the ballast pail. Batteries and Ballast CAN NOT be combined in the same pail.*
b. DO NOT put mercury, lithium or button-cell batteries in the dry-cell battery pail.*
c. DO NOT exceed 70 pounds per pail.*

4. After poly-pail is full, securely attach lid to pail before shipping.

5. Please be sure that the Red FedEx PRP Shipping Label is attached to the pail. No additional labels or markings are required.

6. To schedule pick-up of the pail, call 1-716-875-2852 for the FedEx Ground Package Returns Program. The FedEx Representative will request the number from the shipping receipt - 1196802. Remember due to regulations, the poly-pail CAN NOT exceed 70 pounds.

7. A Certificate of Recycling is available upon the completion of the recycling process. An e-mail address or fax number is required to receive the Recycling Certificate