Fluorescents and Batteries
Jadestone Recycling Ltd collect and recycle, in accordance with the Hazardous Waste Regulations of 2005, the wide variety of battery waste produced in the UK.
Some batteries contain various hazardous metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, zinc, manganese and lithium. It can be damaging to the environment to send these to landfill, burning batteries can also cause atmospheric pollution.
Estimates show that only 1,000 tonnes of general purpose battery waste is recycled annually in the UK from 20-30,000 tonnes of generated waste.
World wide 15 billion batteries are disposed of every year most of which end up in landfill sites.
Jadestone Recycling Ltd collect and recycle fluorescent tubes and bulbs in accordance with the Hazardous Waste Regulations of 2005. The recycling processes used manage the highly toxic mercury elements, used within these products, in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.
One fluorescent tube holds enough mercury to contaminate and pollute up to 30,000 litres of drinking water.
Currently over 60 million tubes per year are still sent to landfill.