Conventional incandescent lamps will soon leave our homes in the near future - this is no wonder, because they were replaced by modern energy -saving lamps. Their use is much more profitable, since energy -saving lamps will help save electricity, but at the same time they give more light and serve much longer than ordinary incandescent lamps. True, they still have one minus - they are made from such materials and using such technologies that special conditions are needed for their disposal, so it is better to take them to the points of receiving energy -saving lamps.
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Energy -saving lamps: pros and cons of
Today, many believe that energy -saving lamps are a real breakthrough. In fact, this is true only partly.
- Several varieties of lamps are considered “energy -efficient” - each of them separately has its own personal indicators of economy and light output.
- The most “energy -efficient” today are LEDs: they are the most profitable and durable, but, however, very expensive.
- Luminescent lamps are called “energy -saving” lamps. Thanks to a more modern approach, they can be used in standard basements.
- Luminescent lamps consume much less electricity, so they are most often used in the household.
- Luminescent lamps are able to produce “cold” light - white or daytime and “warm” light - yellow. The fact is that they can produce a stream of light from different color temperatures - starting from 2700 kelvins to 6500 kelvins.
- Since 2009, in the Russian Federation they began to actively contribute to the spread of fluorescent, that is, energy -saving lamps. Since 2011, the production of 100 watts or more lamps has practically stopped, and since 2013 - with a capacity of 75 watts or more. Since last year, the production of lamps with a capacity of 25 watts has gone into oblivion.
- Energy -saving lamps give a softer and stable light.
- The cost of energy -saving lamps is much higher than incandescent lamps, but the payback is many times more, since the service life of energy -saving lamps is greater than that of incandescent lamps.
- Energy -saving lamps are undesirable to use in everyday life to people who have increased sensitivity to ultravioletus.
- Energy -saving lamps contain mercury - its couples will enter the atmosphere if the lamp is damaged.
- After the expiration date is completed, energy -saving lamps cannot be thrown into garbage with various household waste.
- Energy -saving lamps must be correctly disposed of.
How to dispose of energy -saving lamps
Inside the flask of the fluorescent lamp contains mercury - it is an extremely dangerous substance. Unfortunately, this fact is often ignored by both manufacturers of light equipment and buyers who use energy -saving light bulbs in their homes. Since the negligence of manufacturers is understandable - the desire to get earnings, the recklessness of consumers sometimes scares: their carelessness can turn into very serious consequences, both for both human health and the environment as a whole. Very rarely, people think that a regular lamp can bring a lot of trouble, but this is really so!
Today, all organizations that use energy -saving lamps must have a concluded agreement with suppliers of light -light devices, according to which there is a item on the delivery of these lamps after the expiration date back - for production. The fact is that already used bulbs must be transferred for disposal - to enterprises.
Unfortunately, the disposal of energy -saving lamps remains on consumer conscience, since rarely which organization or enterprise comply with these rules. In addition, special plants that are engaged in the processing of toxic waste, namely, lamps should be sent there, is not in all cities.
Where to hand over energy -saving lamps?
Unfortunately, centralized points where the lamps are taken often are often not even in megacities. But there are a number of special enterprises that are engaged in the transportation and disposal of waste that contain mercury and various other toxic substances. Of course, the services of all these companies cost money, and often not small ones, which is why industrial organizations resort to their services. But we can all make our contribution to the common cause - to protect the environment, you can take into account several useful tips:
- Always sort garbage! Never throw the used energy -saving lamps into the garbage bucket. Always put them separately (like various electrical devices) - ideally in hermetic bags, and then attribute to the reception point of old batteries.
- Take responsibility! Show the initiative at the level of the entrance or a whole house: install special containers where all the neighbors could add used energy -saving lamps. Once a month it will be necessary to include accumulated lamps to specialized reception points.
- If you do not know where your city is in your city, contact social networks, large supermarkets, read local Internet sites. Most often, employees of these points directly communicate with processors - they can tell you what to do with lamps.
- According to the law, all used energy-saving lamps, as well as their parts and fragments, are required to be accepted in all directorates for the operation of buildings, as well as in repair and maintenance departments.
- In the IKEA store’s service center there is definitely lamp reception.
- All waste of energy -saving lamps are sent to special factories - here the lamps are disassembled, mercury is separated from glass and base. The phosphor, containing mercury, is treated with chemicals, and then fall asleep with cement and tightly closed in hermetic containers.
- There are very few mercury in energy -saving lamps, but despite this, if there are a lot of lamps in one place, then this threatens at the atmosphere.
- By the way, earlier the crypton-85 was used for the production of energy-saving lamps, but it turned out to be even more dangerous than mercury, which is why it was replaced.
- According to the latest developments, scientists propose to use in the energy -saving lamps not mercury, but its alloys or amalgam - thanks to this mercury pairs will be restrained. Nevertheless, even such innovations will not cancel the need for special disposal of all energy -saving lamps.
If an energy -saving lamp crashed at home?
Remember that mercury requires a very attentive and careful attitude, like a broken energy -saving lamp.
If you accidentally broke the lamp in the room, you need:
- Open windows for a quarter of an hour - the room should be very well ventilated.
- Put on disposable rubber gloves.
- In no case do not touch the lamp with your bare hands!
- Remove the fragments only in rubber gloves!
- Forget about the brush, broom and vacuum cleaner.
- Collect all fragments with hard cardboard or with hard paper.
- Place the fragments in a sealed plastic bag.
- Wipe the surface thoroughly where the lamp crashed with a wet towel of paper or fabric.
- Put a towel in the same package where you collected fragments - do not try to wash it or use it in the future.
- Do not throw fragments into a garbage tank - take them to the battery point or a special point for energy -saving lamps.
