Lighting has come a long way from the 20th century offices illuminated by flickering, buzzing fluorescent tube lighting.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle | Facilities
How do I go green?
Reduce
Turn the lights off: many spaces in commercial operations are kept lit when not in use; save on energy and replacement costs by switching off.
Reuse
There are few practical options for reuse of fluorescent tubes, so bring them in to be recycled at the designated depots listed below.
Recycle
Return your used fluorescent tubes to point of purchase where possible. Many commercial suppliers will take back tubes on delivery of replacements. Ellice Recycle, NuLife and reFUSE will pick up commercial quantities of fluorescent tubes for nominal fees. See the listings below.
The BC Recycling Regulation requires a product stewardship program to be in place by for recycling commercial, institutional or industrial fluorescent lights by July 1, 2012. Please go to LightRecycle for more information. The LightRecycle program is currently for residential quantities only.
There will be commercial options available by July 1, 2012.
Facilities
Ellice Recycle
Enter at 524 David Street
Victoria
250-386-4342
Hetherington Industries Ltd.
4715 Roger Street, Port Alberni
Port Alberni
1-800-563-6004
Nu Life Industries Inc.
1 - 3347 262 Street, Aldergrove
Aldergrove
1-800-247-6724
reFUSE (Commercial and Residential)
2111 Government Street
Victoria
250-381-6007
The Environmental Story
These highly efficient glass tubes filled with argon gas and mercury vapour with metal ballasts at each end can be disassembled, recycled and reused. If tubes enter landfill sites, they could shatter, releasing poisonous mercury into the ecosystem.
Did You Know?
Mercury exposure can be highly toxic to the nervous system and kidneys – producing symptoms such as anxiety and depression – and may also affect memory, thinking, and nerve function with possible tremors and reduced coordination. Pregnant women and women of childbearing years need to be especially careful since some studies have shown that when women have higher levels of methylmercury exposure from eating marine mammals, their children have been found to have lower intelligence scores, delayed verbal and motor skills, impaired hearing, and poor coordination. The United Nations estimates that mercury toxicity has caused learning disabilities and impaired the nervous system of millions of children worldwide.
Save the Date!
This year, Hartland Happening is on Sunday June 24th.
10:30 am to 3:00 pm
Click here for more details
Questions? Call the CRD Hotline.
We can answer your questions on the Hartland landfill, composting, household hazardous waste, recycling and more!
t: 250.360.3030
toll-free: 1.800.663.4425 #3030
Go blue. It's the right thing to do.
Use CRD Blue Boxes & Bags at the curb.