Don't crush the environment crush your lamps
Balcan are the founders of safe fluorescent tube and other mercury lamp disposal
and can provide a fully in-house
service. They are BS ISO 9001/2000 accredited, a member of SafeContractor &
CHAS and
are the only fluorescent tube & mercury lamp recycler to have been awarded
the Queen's Award for Enterprise.
All lamp crushing disposal & lamp recycling routes are fully traceable and
all recycled
products
have markets.
The advantage of the Balcan system, is by using, or utilizing one of their fluorescent
tube & lamp
crushers means you are being kinder to the environment. The lamp crushers were
developed with advice from the HSE and have always controlled emissions of mercury
to atmosphere. Controlled lamp crushing is far safer than companies
who only collect large containers full of whole lamps. These containers do not
provide any cushioning for the lamps and it is quite common for an average of
3% of lamps to break inside (30 in every 1000). The result of this can lead to
uncontrolled emissions of mercury vapour to atmosphere and contamination of people.
Not only this, but transporting whole fluorescent tubes and lamps around the country
means transporting more
air than solids and uses valuable fossil fuels.
The Balcan lamp crushing system safely collects the crushed mercury lamp debris
in heavy duty
sacks,
or drums. These are then transported to their fully licenced lamp recycling facility,
soon to become the largest lamp recycling facility in the UK. They are
then processed and the recycled products distributed. The Balcan lamp recycling facility
is considered to be one of the cleanest lamp recycling facilities
in Europe and sets the industry standard for cleanliness.
Balcan
fluorescent tube & lamp crushers have a 28 year proven track record and most companies prefer to
see lamps pre-crushed prior to transport.
Contact us for a quotation or to make arrangements for a visit.
- To help anyone comply with the HELA recommendations of the HSE, that all lamps
should be fragmented before disposal.
- A Balcan fluorescent tube & lamp crusher becomes an essential piece of equipment
to carry out this
task more quickly and safely that by any other means.
- To break all types of mercury lamps safely under controlled conditions.
- To reduce the volume (minimisation) and cost of waste disposal & recycling.
- To overcome risks of injury when mercury lamps are broken and dumped haphazardly
into
skips and other containers.
- To overcome the problems of vandalism.
- To reduce problems of storage.
- To overcome the vastly increased risks of fire on premises that store waste low
pressure sodium (SOX) lamps whole and untreated with considerably increased fire
insurance premiums.
- To reduce pollution of the surrounding areas when mercury lamps are broken in
a dry state.
- To meet COSHH,Duty of Care, EPA, Hazardous Waste & WEEE legislation.
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