A local waste and pollution watchdog on Sunday called for the proper disposal of mercury-containing lamp wastes. The call was issued by the group to highlight January as “Zero Waste Month.” Know more:
A local waste and pollution watchdog on Sunday called for the proper disposal of mercury-containing lamp wastes. The call was issued by the group to highlight January as “Zero Waste Month.”
On the other hand, QC Ordinance 2350 , approved by former Mayor Herbert Bautista on November 4, 2014, provides for the adoption of the QC Environment Code, which includes provisions on how busted fluorescent lamps are to be managed. Citing the report “The Toxic Silence of the Lamps” and published by the EcoWaste Coalition, the group said “mercury in lighting products in the form of mercury vapor is released due to breakage during their use or during their handling, storage, and disposal.”THE report further said that “inhalation is the typical exposure route for mercury released from lighting products.”
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