Many types of lamps and batteries contain hazardous materials that could cause detrimental environmental damage if disposed of incorrectly. For this reason, Illinois and Wisconsin laws dictate that it is illegal to dispose of these products in municipal landfills or incinerators. As an electrical distributor of these products, we feel it is our duty to help you make sure that our products are disposed of correctly. To do that we have enlisted the services of Fluorecycle, Inc, a local recycler of fluorescent, HID, lamps & batteries.

Fluorecycle recycles all products to their component parts and that includes the distillation and reclamation of hazardous mercury. They are regulated by the USEPA and IEPA and they meet all of the standards set forth by these agencies. For a quote on lamp or battery recycling, please click here to download the form.

Recycling also helps protect our environment from potentially toxic materials. The Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers (ALMR) estimates that at least 400 million mercury lamps are being disposed annually as part of the municipal solid waste stream and only 20 percent of all mercury lamps are being recycled.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has established a goal to increase the recycling rate of fluorescent lamps to 80 percent by 2009. The good news is that recycling fluorescent bulbs is easy to do and there are many companies that provide recovery and processing.