Sylvania Lighting initiates recycling program

As a society, we continue to look at ways in which we can help to reduce our impact on the environment, ensuring the survival or our planet for future generations. Sylvania Lighting Australasia’s new SYLrecycle program now provides a safe and environmentally friendly lamp recycling opportunity.

Due to the small amounts of mercury used in fluorescent lamps, it is important to ensure that these lamps are disposed of responsibly and don't turn into landfill and cause health and environmental problems.

Providing a start to finish service, Sylvania’s SYLrecycle program ensures that all lamps are converted into safe, re-usable materials for the building, health and agricultural industries. Each lamp is initially crushed before the endcaps, glass and phosphor are isolated. The phosphor then undergoes a mercury recovery procedure, safely capturing the hazardous metal.

The SYLrecycle program is available for all fluorescent lamps up to 1500 mm in length and for all HID and compact fluorescent lamps.