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Safety First
Waste
● clean before you leave the job
● put waste the correct skip
● recycle used lamps and tubes
● get rid all waste responsibly.Safe systems working
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The environmentally responsible way dispose fluorescent lamps and
tubes recycle them.
The process usually goes like this:
● your employer arranges for the local electrical wholesaler deliver a
plastic used lamp waste container appropriate size for the job
● expired lamps and tubes are placed whole into the container, which
often has grating inside prevent the tubes breaking when being
transported
● when the container full used lamps and tubes, you telephone
the electrical wholesaler and ask them pick the filled container
and deliver one the specialist recycling centres
● your electrical company will receive ‘Duty Care Note’ and full
recycling documents which ought filed safely proof that the
hazardous waste was recycled safely
● the charge approximately 50p for each 1800mm tube and this cost
is passed the customer through the final account
