Why Use a Light Bulb Crusher?

- Enormous savings from crushing the lampswithout the use of a light bulb crusher.
rather than boxing them up for disposal.- Reduce waste disposal costs. It is estimated
- Completely eliminate the hassles of storingthat a facility can save as much as 10 cents to 1
boxes and boxes of spent bulbs.dollar per lamp that is crushed versus manually
- 1349 T8 48" lamps fit neatly into a 55 gallonpacked and disposed of.
drum when crushed.There are many benefits to the workers who
- Eliminate handling of glass bulbs which easilyuse these fluorescent bulb crushers in terms of
break and cut the workers hands and arms.safety, man hours worked, and job satisfaction. In
- Create a safe work place for your associates.addition, there is a great benefit to our
The E.P.A. estimates that 2 to 3% of all accidentalenvironment. Broken bulbs release an enormous
breaks occur while boxing burnt out bulbs.amount of mercury into our atmosphere every
- Greatly reduce the man hours required toyear. In fact, there are approximately 899 million
manually pack and store the bulbs. This equatesspent bulbs disposed of every year! This results in
to about 19 to 20 hours of man hours for everyan enormous amount of mercury which is
1000 bulbs.released into the air. This mercury then does
- Helps clean up our environment by eliminatingsubstantial damage to the environment and our
the harmful mercury vapor which gets releasedfood.
into the environment once a lamp is broken