What to do with removed ballasts and tubes?

[rambojoe]

After retrofitting fl's to whatever, some builders will magically want some proof of legal disposal right before the last payment.. so beware.

 

[LarryFine]

It's a husband-and-wife-owned day-care center, and a contract can't be arbitrarily modified by one party.

I'm not expecting to make money, I just don't want to lose money because of trying to be a responsible citizen.

 

[augie47]

Tubes should be recycled guys. Mercury is not good stuff.

I don't doubt the science and marvel that I'm still alive when I recall as kids we played with mercury, poring it in our palms, etc,
(also used to break-up asbestos blocks and mix them in water)
Lord works in mysterious ways

 

[electrofelon]

I don't doubt the science and marvel that I'm still alive when I recall as kids we played with mercury, poring it in our palms, etc,
(also used to break-up asbestos blocks and mix them in water)
Lord works in mysterious ways

When we were little, we found out the Agway across the street stored old 8 foot tubes in the boxcar behind. We played Luke Skywalker with them

 

[AC\DC]

When we were little, we found out the Agway across the street stored old 8 foot tubes in the boxcar behind. We played Luke Skywalker with them

Dang man. Luckily to be alive that is dangerous lol. That was one way some one died on 1000 ways to die show.

 

[norcal]

Local landfill charges .16 cents a lineal foot, first 32 lineal feet free, I have 5 cases of FC16T10/CW/RS (40 watt circleline) lamps that need to go & think just going to have to pay for disposal. Scrapyard has a bin for ballasts, I keep finding more ballasts to get rid of.

 

[petersonra]

Put one ballast in your garbage can at home each week until they are gone.

 

[LarryFine]

I can get 10 cents per pound for ballasts now, and I found a place that will take the tubes for 50 cents each.

 

[hbiss]

You have to remember that material from shattered fluorescent bulbs played a big part in what caused 911 sicknesses and deaths.

-Hal

 

[4-20mA]

Wasn't there something to do about the green ended lamps that had less/no mercury in em back in the day? Was a long time ago but I remember something about those being able to just thrown away. We were still using cfl's for energy savings at that time. So I'm a little outdated...

 

[jimport]

The green ends were supposed to have less mercury than the other lamps.

 

[Fred B]

I can get 10 cents per pound for ballasts now, and I found a place that will take the tubes for 50 cents each.

Are you saying that they are paying you? Last time I had to check on disposing about 450 lights they would charge me about $1 each.

 

[LarryFine]

Are you saying that they are paying you?

I wish! No that's the cost to me. I'll probably keep most of the good T-8 tubes and the T-8 ballasts.

 

[rjniles]

I wish! No that's the cost to me. I'll probably keep most of the good T-8 tubes and the T-8 ballasts.

Would you install used ballasts or lamps at a customer's business? Would you tell them? How would you charge for material?

I think it would be better to include your disposal cost to the job they were removed from.

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[Todd0x1]

$107.75 (plus I assume inbound shipping) to recycle them -if theyll all fit in the box depending on T12 to T8 ratio

· TerraCycle

www.terracycle.com

 

[LarryFine]

$107.75 (plus I assume inbound shipping) to recycle them -if theyll all fit in the box depending on T12 to T8 ratio

· TerraCycle

www.terracycle.com

I'd probably need four boxes.