Recycling your projector bulbs is easier than ever these days

Recycling is all the all rage these days.  From newspapers to tin cans and from bottles to plastics – more and more everyday objects can now be recycled as Councils and companies increase their options for reusing objects.  Everything has to show it could be recycled or reused.

Project bulbs can also be recycled and so it’s worth looking out ways in which to do this.  A quick Google search will reveal various companies that can happily take away projector bulbs or indeed any kind of lamp that you would otherwise throw in the bin.

Next time you’re about to throw away your projector bulb, consider this: more than 100 million lamps are sold in the UK each year producing in excess of 3000 tonnes of waste material. When you’ve finished putting in a replacement projector lamp treat the old one with care.  Glass bulbs are all pressurised to high levels and, whilst all the lamps sold in the EU should conform to standards set out in the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, some might contain hazardous chemicals such as lead, mercury and cadmium among others.

Various services both governmental and commercial now handle old bulbs from projectors safely, adhering to the new Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive from the European Commission which aims to minimize the amount of electrical and electronic equipment ending up in landfill sites. Under this directive, any electrical or electronic item such as projector lamps which has a marking showing a wheelie bin crossed through will require special disposal methods and should not be simply thrown away along with other rubbish as it could be dangerous. So, next time you’re looking for replacement projector lamps it’s worth thinking about what you’re going to do with the bulb that you’re replacing.

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