Why NLR recycles lamps (light bulbs).
All fluorescent and HID lamps contain mercury and need to be disposed of carefully and lawfully.
- Never outsourced, NLR’s in-house lamp recycling technology is designed to accept both whole lamps and bulbs, as well as pre-crushed lamps of all kinds and sizes. Through a proprietary process, fluorescent lamps are conveyed into our processor, which then separates the lamps into component of glass, aluminum, plastic and mercury-bearing phosphor powder. Aftermarkets and further recycling procedures finalize the process.
- NLR recycles all linear styles such as 2ft, 4ft and 8 ft fluorescent tubes.
- NLR recycles many different styles of mercury containing and non-mercury lamps and light bulbs (see below…)

Accepted Lamps
All Mercury Containing Lamp Styles

Linear Lamps
NLR recycles all linear styles 2ft, 4ft, and 8 ft fluorescent tubes.

CFL and PL
NLR recycles all different styles of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) bulbs and Pin Lamps (PL) bulbs.

HID/HPS
NLR recycles all styles of High Intensity Discharge HID lamps and High Pressure Sodium HPS lamps.

Biax
NLR recycles all biax lamps.

U-Shape
NLR recycles all sizes of U-Shape lamps.

Circleline
NLR recycles all different styles of circleline lamps.

Other
NLR recycles other mercury containing lamps like ultraviolet or germicidal lamps.

Hazardous Waste Lamps
Hazardous waste transport also available for crushed lamps. NLR can help recycle your waste from drum top crushers.
All Non-Mercury Lamp Styles

Incandescent
NLR recycles all incandescent bulbs.

LED
NLR recycles LED lamps and bulbs

PAR Flood
NLR recycles all styles of PAR Flood Lamps.

Halogen
NLR recycles all styles of Halogen Lamps.
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Why Recycling Mercury Containing Lamps Is Important
Recycling lamps is important to keep mercury vapor out of the environment. While not all lamps contain mercury, those that do can pose an environmental and health risk, especially in large quantities. When the mercury in most lamps joins with calcium phosphate powder the potential for exposure widens. Intentionally broken or improperly disposed of lamps release mercury vapor into the atmosphere where it can be either inhaled by people in the vicinity or enters the water cycle returning as rain. The mercury contaminates the water table, our waterways, the fish that swim in them, and ultimately the human bodies of those who consume those fish.
