Resource Center
Fluorescent Lamp and CFL Collection Sites
| EcoLight and Total Reclaim - locations in WA, OR and AK | |
EcoLights Recycling Facility (Seattle, WA) | |
Total Reclaim (Seattle, WA, Portland, OR and Anchorage, AK) | |
| LightRecycle Washington - Collection sites across Washington | |
Free Collection of CFL and Straight Tubes | |
| Puget Sound Energy (PSE) - Collection sites in Western Washington | |
Free CFL collection sites. | |
Laws and Government
| FEDERAL | |
| United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) | |
| “The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.” | |
| Mercury | |
| Cleaning Up a Broken CFL | |
| PCB | |
| EPA: Drum-top Fluorescent Lamp Crushers 2009 | |
| State - Washington | |
| Washington State Dept. of Ecology | |
| “…the Dept. of Ecology has three goals: Prevent pollution, Clean up pollution [and] Support sustainable communities and natural resources…” | |
| Using Fluorescent Lamp Crushing Equipment | |
| Mercury | |
| State - Oregon | |
| State of Oregon: Dept. of Environmental Quality | |
| “The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is a regulatory agency whose job is to protect the quality of Oregon's environment.” | |
| State - Alaska | |
| Alaska Dep. Of Environmental Conservation | |
| “Conserving, improving and protecting Alaska's natural resources and the environment.” | |
Conservation and the Environment
| Earth 911 | |
| “Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on the environment that empowers people to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability.” | |
| United Nations Environment Programme | |
| “To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.” | |
