How To Throw Out Fluorescent Tubes. Contact your local household hazardous waste agency. 10 X 145 Inches Fluorescent Lamp and Tube Poster.
Also you must never throw out light bulbs with your household waste. Virtually all components of a fluorescent bulb can be recycled. Fluorescent Tubes and CFLs compact fluorescent lights Householders may wrap bulbs in newspaper and dispose of with regular household rubbish or drop off at the Citys Household Hazardous Waste bi-monthly event by appointment.
How to Recycle Fluorescent Tubes When uninstalling a burnt-out tube make sure to turn off the fuse box providing power to that section of the house.
Considered as waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE compact fluorescent lamps use low-pressure Mercury-vapor bulbs or tubes that transform UV light into visible light that we measure in lumensAlso known as high-intensity discharge HID or arc light they come in a few forms. To do so make sure your energy source is turned off so you dont burn yourself and uninstall the tube slowly making sure it doesnt break. Store properly and in labeled containers. When the bulb does break it.
