CD-ROM Promotes Mercury Recycling

A CD-ROM promoting the recycling of lamps containing mercury is available at no charge from the Lamp Recycling Outreach Project, a cooperative agreement between the Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers (ALMR) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. According to Paul Abernathy, executive director of ALMR, the recycling rate for mercury-containing lamps is just 24% “because most people are not aware that many lamps contain toxic levels of mercury or that they have a responsibility to keep this mercury out of the environment.” Details are online at www.lamprecycle.org.