Recycle Tube Lights

Luckily these tubes will last up to 15 000 hours so you won t need to worry about recycling them often.

Recycle tube lights.

Social distancing is strongly encouraged as is staying home. Recycling cfls and other fluorescent bulbs allows reuse of the glass metals and other materials that make up fluorescent lights. Fluorescent bulbs or tubes fall into the hazardous waste category since they also contain mercury. Tube shaped florescent bulbs in your home or office.

Virtually all components of a fluorescent bulb can be recycled. Your area may prohibit disposal and or require recycling. How to recycle fluorescent tubes. Like cfl bulbs fluorescent bulbs contain mercury.

If you want to recycle your old incandescent light bulbs you may have options available. If you have old christmas or string led lights these can sometimes be accepted at your local lowe s or home depot so be sure to check when you are getting ready to replace your decorative lights. Given the current situation we encourage you to reserve your recycling for when the covid 19 pandemic has passed. Many recycling locations have temporarily closed and we expect more to follow.

Recycle fluorescent lights cfls and hids at no charge throughout washington state.