EPA has updated its guidance on how to properly clean up a broken compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and also developed a new consumer brochure with CFL recycling and cleanup tips.\u00a0 CFLs contain a small amount of mercury sealed within the glass tubing.\u00a0 When a CFL breaks, some of the mercury is released as vapor and may pose potential health risks.\u00a0 The guidance and brochure provide simple, user-friendly directions to help prevent and reduce exposure to mercury pollution.<\/p>\n
See http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/cflcleanup<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Find more information on CFLs at http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/cfl<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Note that regulated entities are required to manage spent florescent lamps as universal or hazardous waste.<\/p>\n EPA Region 2 has developed a guide on managing spent florescent lamps.<\/p>\n See http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/region02\/waste\/spent-lamp.pdf<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EPA has updated its guidance on how to properly clean up a broken compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and also developed a new consumer brochure with CFL recycling and cleanup tips.\u00a0 CFLs contain a small amount of mercury sealed within the glass tubing.\u00a0 When a CFL breaks, some of the mercury is released as vapor and … Continue reading Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs–Improved Cleanup Guidance<\/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\/3524"}],"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=3524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3525,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions\/3525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}