FluorecycleIngleside, IL, USA | |
| a.k.a./f.k.a.: | No known alias |
| CHWMEG Report Number: | H449.0 |
| Member Interest: | This facility is currently being tracked by 6 members (Member interest is not related to how many members use this facility.) |
| *Location Map: | Google Maps |
| Review Program (Visit Date): | There is 1 more review conducted prior to 2019 not shown. |
| Description of Services: | The facility recovers elemental mercury from fluorescent lamps. Lamps are manually placed on a feed conveyor belt that leads to an enclosed crushing unit. Drums of pre-crushed bulbs are also accepted. The entire drum is placed in a feed hopper (the drum is later vacuumed out and re-used). The crushing unit breaks the lamps and separates resulting debris into four principal components: broken glass, aluminum, ferrous metal and mercury-containing calcium phosphate powder (usually referred to as "phosphor" powder). Calcium phosphate powder is collected in distiller barrels for thermal batch processing onsite: vaporization and subsequent condensation of the mercury contained in the phosphor powder. Recovered mercury is currently stored inside the distiller holding tank (for future recycling). |
| Description Date: | 2003 Facility Review Program |
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