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Guideline of Fluorescent Lamp Management in Thailand [pdf: 230 KB]
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| Guideline of Fluorescent Lamp Management in Thailand
Fluorescent lamp is an electrical equipment that is generally used and has comfortable light. It is 8-time long-laster and gives brighter light than an incandescent lamp considering at the same watt capacity. Main composition of a fluorescent lamp is glass, others are aluminum from a lamp’s cap, phosphor for lamp coating and mercury. With mercury inside a lamp, therefore a waste fluorescent lamp is considered as a hazardous waste.
Mercury is a high volatile heavy metal that has a low melting point and is able to be suspended in the air and settled in environment for a long time. Breaking of a fluorescent lamp can make mercury expose to the environment. If inhale, mercury can be accumulated in the body and affect to the organ’s function. Moreover, if a fluorescent lamp is discarded with general waste, mercury in a lamp can be exposed to the environment, contaminated water resources and affected the food cycle, which will create a great impact to the living thing.
Fully aware of the danger of mercury, PCD, with cooperation of the Japanese government and JETRO, has established a pilot project on fluorescent lamp recycling in Thailand. The objectives of the project are to survey data and information of current amount and management system of waste fluorescent lamp, and to analyze the feasibility study of the fluorescent lamp recycling business in Thailand. Data and information received from the study will be used by PCD to lay out a guideline to promote a collection of waste fluorescent lamp from household and business establishments for further recycle or proper disposal. Anyway, currently Thailand does not have any specific laws and authorities that clearly control a management of municipal hazardous waste.
The study of the project showed that in 2004 amount of waste fluorescent lamp in Thailand is about 41 million lamps, of which 70% is straight lamp and the others are circular and compact lamps. In the studied areas, covering BMA, Nonthaburi, Pathumthani, Nakornpathom, Samutprakarn and Samutsakorn, it is found that about 14 millions of waste fluorescent lamps are straight lamps or about 50% of waste straight lamp of the country.
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| Situation of Waste Fluorescent Lamp
2. Diagram of Fluorescent Lamp Situation in Thailand
The feasibility study shows that the investment cost for establishing of fluorescent lamp recycling plant calculated based on Japanese technology is about 50 million baht, with a condition that about 6 million straight lamps will be collected and recycled in the plant. The recycling cost is about 1 baht per one lamp.
At present, Phillips has provided the fluorescent lamp recycling service to its big customer such as a factory or a big office building. Toshiba is also willing to receive waste fluorescent lamp of any brands from both household and business establishments for disposal.
3.Fluorescent Lamp Disposal Facility
Although BMA and many municipalities has launched a campaign to encourage the public to sort out hazardous waste from general waste, it is found that this campaign is not quite successful since people still discard hazardous waste with general waste. In addition, waste fluorescent lamp that is sorted and stored by some organizations is still left piled up in the building without sending to proper disposal or recycling facility.
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4. Fluorescent Lamp Collection from Household and Business
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Guideline of Fluorescent Lamp Management in Thailand
Therefore, PCD has set up a guideline to manage waste fluorescent lamp of the country by establishing a partnership. PCD will ask for cooperation with BMA and municipalities to collect waste fluorescent lamp from buildings, and will negotiate with lamp manufacturers to expand their recycling or disposal services to cover those lamps generated from household and other business establishments.
5. Diagram of Fluorescent Lamp Management in Thailand
Since amount of waste fluorescent lamp generated from each building in each year is not high, PCD will set one day in each year as a collection day and will make a website for people and buildings that are interested in participate the project to register their information. Then, BMA and municipalities will collect waste fluorescent lamps from the household and buildings that has already registered in the website and send them to lamp manufacturers participated in the project for recycling or proper disposal.
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