{"id":3245,"date":"2011-01-12T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T17:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2011-01-12T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T17:23:54","slug":"how-to-properly-handle-dispose-of-and-retrofit-outdated-pcb-containing-fluorescent-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/how-to-properly-handle-dispose-of-and-retrofit-outdated-pcb-containing-fluorescent-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO PROPERLY HANDLE, DISPOSE OF AND RETROFIT OUTDATED PCB-CONTAINING FLUORESCENT LIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EPA released a guidance aimed mainly at old school buildings on the proper handling and disposal of PCB-containing fluorescent light ballasts and how to safely retrofit them to fully remove the hazard. \u00a0EPA banned PCBs in 1979, but some PCB-containing ballasts were allowed to continue, provided they were not defective or leaking. \u00a0For more information on handling and disposing of PCB-containing light ballasts, go to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/epawaste\/hazard\/tsd\/pcbs\/pubs\/waste.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/epawaste\/hazard\/tsd\/pcbs\/pubs\/waste.htm<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0The guidance document is available online at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pcb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pcb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA released a guidance aimed mainly at old school buildings on the proper handling and disposal of PCB-containing fluorescent light ballasts and how to safely retrofit them to fully remove the hazard. \u00a0EPA banned PCBs in 1979, but some PCB-containing ballasts were allowed to continue, provided they were not defective or leaking. \u00a0For more information &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/how-to-properly-handle-dispose-of-and-retrofit-outdated-pcb-containing-fluorescent-lights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HOW TO PROPERLY HANDLE, DISPOSE OF AND RETROFIT OUTDATED PCB-CONTAINING FLUORESCENT LIGHTS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3246,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245\/revisions\/3246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}