Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone knows where or how to properly dispose off energy saving bulbs? I read that there's hazardous material inside, such as mercury. But then i tried searching and asking around and it seems in Malaysia, there is zero centre to collect these bulbs for recycling purpose.

Did all of you just throw the bulb as regular rubbish? Can anyone share if they have more info?

Thanks! trying to do a small bit for the environment...but getting very frustrated here due to lack of initiative from our government when it comes to handling of electrical and electronic waste...

i was thinking before i post...

this one concerns environment... so i decide that this is under real world issue...
not simply kopitiam talk...

if admin feels this is kopitiam talk..then pls move to kopitiam...
guess no answers as well on my original question....

still feel not right to just throw as regular rubbish...

this is the problem... even you don't give a serious thought on properly disposing the rubbish....ends up pollution etc... i guess i'm just wasting my time here...

thanks anyway... i guess throwing hazardous stuff to landfill and polluting the environment is not a RWI worthy issue... not bad...now i understand how most ppl think out there... and it's low in the food chain... i have nothing further to comment....

redkop63 and lck*G9,

thanks for your replies, definitely much more worthy and useful replies compared to other earlier replies. I also did a search in the internet and found that other countries, they have collection centre for energy saving bulbs. In some cases, even the manufacturer will accept back old bulbs. what I can do now is to contact some of the recycling companies and ask if they do accept these energy saving light bulbs but i doubt it will be successful as most of the item they collect are either plastics, cardboards, papers, PC components. Imagine whole of Malaysia and how many pcs of these lightbulbs are discarded, from what i read, if 1 of the bulb is broken, the amount of mercury inside alone is not enough to harm us, but group them together, i think it will really impact the environment and eventually may come back to us through the food chain from mercury poisoning. i'll try to ask around further for any help but so far, no luck when it comes to this.


vanpersie91,
i think this is the first time i created a topic on RWI, heck, almost 99% of the time i don't visit RWI in lowyat also, appreciate your suggestion on how to start a proper topic. Forgive my inexperience.

thanks guys....i also got same reply in another thread...looks like KL/selangor area very well established...

very nice, good job to IKEA as well...i sure support them...

but too bad in Penang area....not too sure if there's any centre willing to accept bulbs....i'll try donation or recycling centres....

hi critical,

thanks for the info. The database is 2005, i called inter venture trading and was told they no longer do e-waste. I will call the rest as well. this is a good list, thanks again!

---

Added on November 20, 2012, 10:50 amWell, in Penang, if you recall Sunshine Farlim supermarket, they used to have an area where you can throw the bulbs for recycling. But since Farlim supermarket tutup kedai, i can't find a place where i can easily just drop off the CFL and energy saving bulbs for recycling anymore. To encourage recycling, it has to be easy for consumers to just drop off the item.

Take for example the PC recycling, someone will be waiting at Sunshine Bayan Baru on specific days and time and you can just drop your stuff there easily. That should be the way to encourage ppl to recycle and dispose hazardous material properly...



cheers!

This post has been edited by kevyeoh: Nov 20 2012, 10:50 AM

hi all,

i found a place at Queensbay Penang, Jusco supermarket at ground floor...if you go to the push cart area, there's one collection box for handphone e-waste as well as battery recycling. I also notice a lot of ppl leave their energy saving bulbs there and i guess the recycle factory will collect them. hope this information is useful. cheers !

dkk,
your solution cannot-lah.... throw in rubbish...nah... keep in attic, that's what i did until i find a place to throw lor...dig a small hole? nah...apartment mana can dig? put in big glass of jar and use some chemical? sounds scary and dangerous! haha...

---

Added on November 20, 2012, 9:11 pmalready found a place to dispose, so already met my objective. maybe will just leave this thread if anyone else has something new to share on recycling collection center etc...

This post has been edited by kevyeoh: Nov 20 2012, 09:11 PM