Recycle your fluorescent lamps
Due to a small amount of mercury in fluorescent lamps and linear tubes, these items should be
recycled rather than thrown in the trash.
Lane
County Waste Management and
local electric utilities in the Eugene-Springfield community have teamed up with local retailers to create
a convenient residential recycling program for spent CFLs and linear fluorescent
tubes (4-foot maximum on tubes).
Fluorescent lamps contain an extremely small amount of mercury –
an average of 4 milligrams of mercury is sealed within the glass tubing, which makes the lamp incredibly
efficient.
The tiny amount of mercury in fluorescent lamps is safe for home use and poses no health risk while
these lamps are in use. However, we are working to prevent large accumulations of mercury from
entering landfills, being released from lamps and polluting the environment.
If a lamp breaks, carefully clean up the glass fragments and phosphor powder using a piece of
stiff paper so your fingers are not in contact with the broken pieces. Place the broken pieces in a
plastic bag and use a damp paper towel or sticky tape to pick up any stray shards of glass or fine
particles. Then place everything in the bag with the remains of the lamp.
Deliver the bag with the broken lamp to the Lane County transfer Station in Glenwood, which is located at
3100 17th Ave.
Simply take your spent bulbs to one of the following locations:
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Eugene
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Aqua Serene
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2836 West 11th Avenue
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Brighter Homes Lighting
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1968 West 6th Avenue
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Emerald People's Utility District (EPUD)
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33733 Seavey Loop Road
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Emerald Valley Gardens
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88680 McVay Highway (near Lane Community College)
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Eugene True Value Hardware
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2825 Willamette Street
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Greater Goods
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515 High Street
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Heinke Electrical & Lighting
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645 Adams Street
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Jerry's Home Improvement Center
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2600 Hwy 99 North
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Lane Electric Cooperative
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787 Bailey Hill Road
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The Green Store
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500 Olive Street
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Springfield
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Greener Side of Life
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623 West Centennial Boulevard
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Jerry's Home Improvement Center
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2525 Olympic Street
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Oregon's Constant Gardener
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2053 Laura St.
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Other Lane County locations
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B&I True Value Hardware
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120 West 6th Avenue, Junction City
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Cascade Home Center
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49 S. 6th Street, Cottage Grove
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Cascade Home Center
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104 S. Mill Street, Creswell
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Florence True Value
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1750 Highway 126, Florence
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The above locations are unable to accept the following items:
- Incandescent bulbs
- Fluorescent bulbs more than four feet in length
- Bulbs from outside of Lane County
- Fluorescent bulbs from non-household sources* (businesses, schools, churches and
nonprofit agencies)
*Call (541) 682-4120 for recycling options for bulbs from non-household sources.
- To reduce the risk of bulb breakage and contamination, wrap the bulb in a sealed
plastic bag.
- Never incinerate fluorescent lamps.
- If your ENERGY STAR® qualified bulb fails within its warranty period, return
it to the place of purchase for a replacement bulb, and fill out a CFL failure card.
