Fairfax County Public Schools' Recycling Program - Fluorescent Lamps

All FCPS facilities are required to recycle used fluorescent lamps. To aid schools in that process, the Plant Operations section of the Office of Facilities Management, in conjunction with the Office of Procurement Services (OPS), has developed a process that was designed to be simple and use as little of school staff’s time as possible.

Benefits of Lamp Recycling

• Keeps mercury containing products from fluorescent lamps out of waste disposal streams.
  
• Preferred disposal method in most states for mercury-containing lamps.
  
• Consistent with solid waste disposal bans and partial bans in some states.