What we take
Fluorescent light tubes
Fluorescent light tubes contain mercury gas, making responsible disposal difficult. While there are state programs to help you dispose of them, we can help make it easier.
Ridwell will pick them up and transport them to our partners, who ensure that the mercury gets handled safely and the metal and plastic are recycled. That’s one less chore for you!
What we do with it
When you give your fluorescent light tubes to Ridwell, we do the heavy lifting. These long, cumbersome CFLs contain mercury gas, making them hard to transport safely. We’ll make sure they get to our partner and get properly recycled.
About our partners
How we keep your Fluorescent light tubes out of landfills.
We partner directly with innovators who transform hard-to-recycle materials into new products—so you can see exactly where your items go and what they become.
Featured Partner
Lighting Resources
Lighting Resources processes (de-manufactures) spent lamps of all kinds including HID, fluorescent, CFL, and incandescent lamps to name a few. Their Balcan MP8000 lamp recycling machine can process up to 5000 fluorescent linear lamps in a single hour as well as handle 55 gal drums of crushed glass or mixed, broken, and unbroken bulbs. The Balcan separates the phosphor powder, which contains the toxic mercury, from the glass and aluminum end-caps which allows for the refining of these materials back into the marketplace as recycled products. The MP8000 is unmatched in the industry and represents the finest in lamp recycling.
Featured Partner
Cleanlites Recycling
For over 25 years, Cleanlites has been helping reduce landfill contamination by properly disposing of mercury-containing bulbs and lamps. With 5 recycling centers nationwide, Cleanlites is able to assist customers across the United States and abroad with industry leading waste management and recycling services. Cleanlites recycles all types of lamps, bulbs and lights at their Lansing, MI recycling center and each of their 5 facilities nationwide.
Featured Partner
Ecolights
EcoLights NW began in 1996 in Seattle, WA with a small dedicated team focused on the proper end of life handling of fluorescent and other light bulbs, lighting ballasts, and batteries of all chemistries and types. Their mission is to recycle as much of the resources in these materials as reasonably possible so that it can be reused in the circular economy, and to prevent the toxic components from being released to the environment.
Featured Partner
Clean Earth
Clean Earth is a trusted leader in the environmental and waste industry, managing waste with a focus on safety and compliance while nurturing a culture of sustainability to promote a thriving environment. Your light bulbs are crushed and broken down into their base recycling components such as glass, metal, and plastic. Any hazardous materials, like mercury, are safely removed and properly disposed of.
