Marion County Board of County Commissioners is sponsoring a program for all Small Businesses in Marion County to recycle fluorescent lamps, UV lamps and high intensity discharge lamps.

Businesses generating spent fluorescent lamps and high intensity discharge lamps have several options for managing them as required by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Chapter 62-737, and Florida Administrative Code regulations.

1) Recycle your fluorescent, UV lamps and high intensity discharge lamps, even those with lower mercury content.

2) Businesses generating 10 or less spent lamps per month per location may dispose of these lamps at the Marion County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center at no charge. EXCLUDING UV LAMPS.

3) If more than 10 spent lamps are generated per month, there will be a disposal fee

4) There will be a disposal fee on ALL UV lamps
Lamps for recycling need to be brought to Marion County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center. Located at the Baseline Landfill Monday thru Friday 8 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. excluding holidays.

GUIDELINES FOR HANDLING LAMPS FOR RECYCLING

	You may use the original lamp boxes to accumulate and store the used lamps to prevent breaking and to safely transport to the collection center.
	Do not tape lamps together or stuff too many or too few into the lamp box.
	Do not place debris of any type in the lamp boxes.
	Protect the lamp boxes from rain and moisture.
	If a box of lamps contains broken lamps, place the entire box into a plastic bag immediately. Do not open the box.  Close and seal the bag. Bring the bagged broken lamps to the collection center.
	If you have broken lamps, place the broken lamp pieces into a plastic bag immediately, close and seal the bag.  Bring the bagged broken lamps to the collection center.

For more information please call Marion County Hazardous Waste Division at 671-8496.