Recycling Solutions

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Clean Harbors provides a variety of options for light bulb recycling and disposal.

Light bulb disposal can be a challenge for many, since a number of bulbs contain materials that can be hazardous. Clean Harbors has your solution with our Light Bulb Recycling services.

We process straight tubes, U-tubes and circular lamps, using a technique that separates the metal, glass, and mercury-containing phosphors, segregating each component into separate containers. The glass and metal are sent to approved local recyclers. All mercury phosphors are sent for refinement at a Clean Harbors-approved retort facility.

Our light bulb recycling process is superior to other bulb destruction units, which typically only crush bulbs, mixing all the components together. Clean Harbors recycles 100 percent of the components of your light bulbs and fully contains any possible hazardous waste.

Clean Harbors Light Bulb Recycling Advantages

• Responsible alternative to landfill
• Our in-house capabilities for final disposal reduces liability
• Superior technology

Clean Harbors can help your company more effectively and efficiently manage your waste management needs through recycling.

Clean Harbors Recycling and Reuse Program provides a comprehensive step-by-step approach that evaluates your R&D and manufacturing operations and identifies opportunities for efficient waste management. Whether a waste stream or production by-product is sold "as is," recycled or reused, your costs and possible liabilities can be significantly reduced.

Download Chemical Recycling & Reuse Program Brochure

Our comprehensive program will:

• Reduce waste disposal costs 
• Minimize waste governed by RCRA regulations, lowering your taxes and annual fees 
• Create a positive impact on data reported on your TRI reports 
• Reduce the burden and associated costs of regulatory reporting 
• Pursue potential buyers of your waste stream 
• Preserve your reputation as an environmentally safe company by allowing you to publicize new waste minimization programs 
• Share best practices with other locations within your company to maximize value and achieve their sustainability goals
   

We help you:

• Identify and quantify chemical recycling and reuse options, as well as potential end markets 
• Interpret and provide guidance regarding regulations 
• Conduct waste process review and manage logistics 
• Develop and implement a comprehensive waste management program

Clean Harbors and its subsidiary, Safety-Kleen, offer a full range of used oil products collection and recycling services. We can pick up, transport and recycle your waste oil, oil filters, antifreeze, and used absorbents. We also clean all oil water separators and provide a variety of product sales and services to automotive service centers, dealerships and fleets.

Clean Harbors and Safety-Kleen can schedule routine pickups at your site, or you can make one call when you need service. And, because we transport your used oil products to our recycling facilities, we offer the highly competitive pricing of a one-stop shop. All of our used oil recycling facilities are in full compliance with state, federal and provincial regulations. 

Cost and Environmental Benefits 

Recycling used oil products provides a cost-effective advantage over disposal (fuel blending) or incineration. Our recycling services make the following product reuses possible:

• Used oil – Re-refined through Safety-Kleen, North America’s largest re-refiner of used oil 
• Used antifreeze – Remanufactured for reuse 
• Used oil filters – Utilized as a boiler fuel supplement, burned in approved industrial furnaces and recycled as scrap metal 
• Oil water mixtures – Processed to reclaim the oil, which will be used as supplemental boiler fuel 
• Used absorbents – Utilized as supplemental fuel at approved energy recovery sites