While most of us today are encouraged to shift using the Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFL), there is a new problem over the horizon and it deals with proper disposal of these CFL bulbs once they are worn out. We all know for a fact that mercury discharge is something we have to avoid and hence the proper disposal is called for to make sure it doesn’t get out of hand.

MRT Sustem International AB Lumavagen, a Swedish firm has been selected to collect and recycle burnt out CFL bulbs with the hopes of putting the waste management for these bulbs in control. The leading groups who make use of these CFL bulbs are the hospitals which are in danger of being exposed of the liquid metal discharges if they are not disposed properly.

“As the power-saving CFL bulbs have become mandatory in every institution including hospitals, we are also facing the problem of recycling the spent mercury-containing bulbs which discharge the harmful liquid metal. Hence we roped in the Swedish firm, which has the most comprehensive recycling systems based on world-class MRT technology for mercury contaminated waste products,” he said.

The foreign firm has already tied up with local groups to collect the waste items and planned to set up a recycling plant with the new technology in Chandigarh. “There would be no fiscal burden on us as the Swedish firm will earn through charging fees,” he added.

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