Disposal of energy-saving lamps

Conventional incandescent lamps will completely abandon our homes in a short time - this is also no wonder, because modern energy-saving lamps came to replace them. Their use is much more profitable, since energy-saving lamps will help save electricity, but at the same time they give them more and serve much longer than ordinary incandescent lamps. True, there are still one minus - they are manufactured from such materials and in such technologies that special conditions are needed for their disposal, so they are better to take them in the reception points of energy-saving lamps.

Energy Saving Lamps: Pros and Cons

Today, many believe that energy-saving lamps are a real breakthrough. In fact, it is true only in part.

1. "Energy-efficient" are considered to be several varieties of lamps - each of them is separately possessed by their personal indicators of economy and light student.
2. The most "energy efficient" today is LEDs: they are the most profitable and durable, but, however, very expensive.
3. "Energy-saving" lamps call luminescent lamps. Thanks to a more modern approach, they can be used in standard basements.
4. Fluorescent lamps spend much less electricity, so they are most often used in the household.
5. Luminescent lamps are able to produce "cold" light - white or day and "warm" light - yellow. The fact is that they can flow the light to produce different color temperatures - ranging from 2700 Kelvin to 6500 Kelvinov.
6. Since 2009, in the Russian Federation, it began to actively contribute to the spread of luminescent, that is, energy-saving lamps. Since 2011, the production of 100 watt lamps with a capacity of 100 watts and more, and already since 2013 - with a capacity of 75 watts and more. Since last year, the production of 25 watts lamp production has been riveted in the summer.
7. Energy-saving lamps give a softer and stable light.
8. The cost of energy-saving lamps is much higher than incandescent lamps, but payback is many times more, since the service life of energy-saving lamps is greater than that of incandescent lamps.
9. Energy-saving lamps are undesirable to use people in everyday life who have increased sensitivity to ultraviolet.
10. The composition of energy-saving lamps contains mercury - its pairs will fall into the atmosphere if the lamp is damaged.
11. After the expiration date is completed, the energy-saving lamps can not be thrown into garbage with various household waste.
12. Energy-saving lamps must be properly disposed.

How to dispose of energy-saving lamps

Inside the flask of the fluorescent lamp contains mercury - this 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 manufacturers are understandable - the desire to get earnings, then the recklessness of consumers is sometimes scared: their carelessness can turn into very serious consequences, both for both human health and the environment as a whole. Very rare people think about the usual lamp can bring a lot of trouble, but it is actually so!

Today, all organizations that use energy-saving lamps must necessarily have a prisoner agreement with removal equipment suppliers, according to which there is an item for the delivery of these lamps after the expiration date is back to production. The fact is that the light bulbs already used must be transferred to disposal - to enterprises.

Unfortunately, the utilization of energy-saving lamps remains at conscientious consumers, since rarely, which organization or enterprise complies with these rules. In addition, special plants that are engaged in processing toxic waste, namely, lamps should be sent, there is not in all cities.

Where to pass energy-saving lamps?

To enormous regret, centralized points where the used lamps takes, often not even in megalopolis. But there are a number of special enterprises that are engaged in transportation and disposal of waste, which contain mercury and various other poisonous substances. Of course, the services of all these companies are worth money, and often not small, which is why industrial organizations are resorted to their services. But we can all make your mortgage contribution to the general case - to protect the environment you can take note of several useful tips:

1. Always sort the garbage! Never throw into the trash can used energy-saving lamps. Always postpone them separately (as well as various electrical devices) - ideally in hermetic bags, and then refer to the point of reception of old batteries.
2. Take responsibility! Show the initiative at the level of the entrance or an integer home: install special containers where all neighbors could fold the used energy-saving lamps. Once a month you will need to attach the accumulated lamps into specialized reception points.
3. If you do not know where in your city the point of reception of the batteries, contact social networks, large supermarkets, read local Internet sites. Most often, the staff of these points directly communicate with recyclables - they can tell you what to do with lamps.
4. According to the law, all used energy-saving lamps, as well as their details and fragments, are obliged to take in all directors for the operation of buildings, as well as in repair and operational management.
5. In the service center of the IKEA store, there is a point of reception of lamps.
6. All waste of energy-saving lamps are sent to special plants - here lamps are disassembled, separated mercury from glass and base. The phosphor containing mercury is treated with chemicals, and then fall asleep with cement and closed tight in hermetic container.
7. Mercury in energy-saving lamps is very small, but despite this, if the lamps will gather in one place a lot, then it threatens the contamination of the atmosphere.
8. By the way, before the production of energy-saving lamps used Kripton-85, but it turned out to be even more dangerous mercury, so he was replaced.
9. According to the latest developments, scientists offer to apply in energy-saving lamps do not mercury, and its alloys or amalgam - thanks to this, mercury pairs will hold back. Nevertheless, even such innovations will not cancel the need for special disposal of all energy-saving lamps.

If at home the energy-saving lamp crashed?

Remember that mercury requires a very careful and careful relationship, like a broken energy-saving lamp.

If you accidentally smashed the lamp, you need:

1. Open windows by a quarter of an hour - the room must be very good to ventilate.
2. Put over disposable rubber gloves.
3. In no case do not touch the lamp with bare hands!
4. Remove fragments only in rubber gloves!
5. Forget about the brush, broom and vacuum cleaner.
6. All fragments collect solid cardboard or with solid paper.
7. Shards Place in a sealed plastic bag.
8. Thoroughly wipe the surface where the lamp crashed out of paper or tissue.
9. Put the towel into the same package where you collected fragments - do not try to erase it or to use it.
10. You should not throw frass in the garbage tank - take them to a battery reception point or a special item for energy-saving lamps.

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