For residential collections, please contact your local council.
We offer a complete collection, disposal and recycling service for elemental mercury, mercury compounds and mercury in Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE).
Typical Mercury Waste Streams, include, but are not limited to:
- Bulbs
- Batteries
- Lamps
- Fluorescent Tubes
- Mercury Bearing Waste
- Thermometers
- Dental Amalgam
- Barometers
- Mercury Batteries
- Sphygmanometers
- Arc Rectifiers
- Televisions
- Monitors
The recycling and disposal of electrical waste includes mercury tilt switches, manometers and fluorescent light bulbs. The UK Regulations specify that waste bulbs must be segregated, collected by a licensed waste carrier, transported with an accompanying waste transfer note or hazardous waste consignment note. This waste is then treated (normally by distillation) and recycled wherever possible. We acknowledge that some electrical equipment may also contain elemental mercury and are experienced to identify and segregate mercury containing items on-site. As a specialist in the hazardous waste industry we and our service provider partners enable businesses to comply with the latest Waste Electronic & Electrical Equipment Regulations by providing traceable paperwork to demonstrate business undertakings in accordance with the law for the recycling and disposal of this equipment.
Fluorescent tube recycling is commonly undertaken using lamp containers. These fluorescent tube carriers offer packaging and containment of the glass bulbs. Each fluorescent lamp container is tailored to the length of the batch of fluorescent tubes to ensure none are unnecessarily broken, which may lead to the release of and possible exposure to poisonous powders and gases. Specialist packaging for mercury bulbs and shaped fluorescent bulbs commonly available as compact fluorescent light tubes (CFLT) will guarantee safe handling and transport for recycling.
We typically recycle or dispose of various types elemental mercury and mercury compounds, such as mercuric chloride, mercury acetate, mercury nitrate, mercury oxide and mercury sulphide (cinnabar) or methyl mercury found in schools, colleges, universities and laboratories. Mercury spill kits containing sulphur, activated carbon and powdered zinc may also be recycled safely and effectively. Elemental mercury, otherwise known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum, may be reclaimed from obsolete apparatus such as sphygomanometers and mercury in glass thermometers for future use. Mercury as a preservative, such as thiomersal and antiseptic such as merbromin may be recycled or disposed of in a safe fashion. Nesslers Reagent used in laboratories for ammonia detection can be recycled safely and effectively.