With the world moving towards CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) lighting in place of the incandescent light bulb, this means that there will be many millions more mercury lamps and mercury bulbs requiring recycling at their EOL (end of life).
However, many of the existing mercury lamp & bulb recycling systems will not deal with such types due to their size, shape and components used in their manufacture. CFL bulbs come in many shapes and sizes. The one's usually supplied to businesses require their own specific fitting, yet those supplied into the household sector have an integral starter and are designed to fit a standard bayonet, or screw fitting. Either way these mercury lamps and bulbs can severely damage some of the old recycling systems that are in use. The plastic fittings and internal components do not reduce in volume through the crushing process and therefore do not flow and alternative systems often involve the human input of breaking the glass with a hammer, under a fume hood, to separate the components. The Balcan MPC CFL Recycling Plant makes light work of all types of lamps.
The Balcan Compact Fluorescent Lamp & Bulb recycling plant easily separates the glass from the often bulky, plastic base, before cleaning the glass of its mercury bearing powder coating. This coating is particularly difficult to remove due to the manufacturers dosing system for coating the glass yet the Balcan MPC Lamp Recycler results in crystal clear glass.
