Partnership with
Waste Management

Partnership

Our strategic partnership with Waste Management has resulted in widespread distribution of our patented Mercury VaporLok® packaging system. Waste Management uses the VaporLok system in their LampTracker®, DentalTracker and DeviceTracker product lines which were purchased from our affiliate Mercury Waste Solutions in 2007. LampTracker is a turnkey, packaging, shipping, and recycling program for fluorescent lamps that offers complete compliance and required documentation. Waste Management also acquired the remaining assets of Mercury Waste Solutions in October of 2010, becoming the largest recycler of mercury-bearing waste in the nation.

This synergistic partnership provides the needed assurance of widespread availability of safe, reliable mercury packaging and recycling solutions today and in the future.

Waste Management LampTracker® overview.

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Earthmate Compact Fluorescent Lights

October 20, 2010

Waste Management now offers Earthmate compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) in recyclable packaging that also doubles as a CFL recycling kit. This new product is designed to reduce the risk of airborne mercury exposure and environmental contamination from lamps broken during storage and shipping. Read More

Journey of Recycled Lamps

June 9, 2010

Recycled lamps are sent to a recycling facility via truck, UPS or FedEx® in bulk or in pre-paid shipping recycling boxes, such as the Waste Management® LampTracker® system, which is specifically designed to accommodate various sized lamps and effectively contain mercury vapor emitted from broken lamps. Read More

Layers of protection: Packaging used fluorescent lamps

May 24, 2010

Many customers repurpose the packages fluorescent lamps are sold in—to store used lamps and eventually transport these lamps for disposal or recycling. However, the recent University of Minnesota study I conducted with my team of researchers found that these packages do not contain mercury vapor below permissible workplace exposure levels. Read More