Congratulations! You're making energy efficient changes to your lighting and looking forward to significant savings in the near future. But how do you know that you are being environmentally considerate? As part of our Green Pilot Project, Main Street West Union is encouraging all participating businesses to properly recycle their old bulbs and ballasts.
Some ballasts may contain PCBs. PCBs are regulated primarily by the EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), with TSCA regulations defining how PCBs may be used, processed, distributed, manufactured, exported, and/or imported; storage and disposal options; spill clean-up requirements; and how PCB owners must keep records of equipment containing PCBs. Because of potential health hazards and the damaging effects to the environment resulting from improper disposal, government regulations require any facility discarding ballasts containing PCB's or other toxic components to have their ballasts disposed of by a permitted facility.
A-Tec, the only in state recycler of PCB ballasts will supply barrels, collect, and sort our ballasts. The company's recycling fee of $1.00 per non PCB ballast is being waived in support of West Union's Green Pilot Project. PCB ballasts will be recycled for .95 per lb. Please contact Larry Young to make arrangements to recycle your old ballasts at 800-551-4912.