Scrap Glass
If you looking to find a market to recycle your glass wastes or
if you wish to Buy or Sell Recovered
Glass Scrap
ADD your inquiry to the Gems, Rocks & Minerals Exchange.
The exchange is an online service endeavoring to match waste generators directly with users of scrap glass.
Separating Glass Scrap into the different
Grades & Specifications
will allow you to yield the best
value
for your scrap materials.
Lamp Recycling
Recycling lamps allows for the capture of the mercury, scrap glass, residual mixed metal screw caps and tungsten filament scrap.
Many lamps, such as Projector Lamps cannot simply be placed in the trash as they contain mercury (HG), which is a toxic substance. To find a recycler of
Projector Lamps
and/or
Projector Bulbs
ADD a listing into the exchange.
If you have
Used Lighting Fixtures
you wish to dispose of you may be able to recycle these by Adding a listing into the Used Lighting exchange.
Light Bulb Recycling
There are many types of light bulbs and they require different methods of recycling.
If you seek to recycle
Incandescent Light Bulbs
ADD a listing into the exchange. Recycling of incandescent light bulbs allows for the recovery of
glass,
residual mixed metal screw caps and
Tungsten Filament Scrap
Links to other types of
Scrap Tungsten Recycling.
LED (Light-Emitting Diode) bulbs
usually contain electronic circuitry (circuit boards) similar to those found in computers and
other electronics. These parts can often be salvaged by recyclers that process
e-waste.
The glass and metal used in LED bulbs is recyclable. Specifically, copper and aluminum are the most salvageable.
Smelters will recover metals such as gold, aluminum, copper, and nickel from the
Circuit Boards.
Fluorescent Light Disposal
If you have end of life Fluorescent Lights or CFL's (Compact Fluorescent Lights) for disposal find a recycler for
Fluorescent Light Scrap
by adding a listings into the exchange. During the recycling process of fluorescent lamps when the lights are dismantled you end up with glass, scrap metal caps and
Mercury Bearing Phosphor Powder.
Within the phosphor powder there may or may not be trace elements of
Rare Earths
that can be
recovered.
Links to other types of
Mercury Recovery.
Fluorescent Light Disposal Business Contacts
Fiberglass Recycling
If you wish to
Recycle Fiberglass
you may ADD an inquiry to the online exchange.
The exchange service matches generators of fiberglass waste directly to recyclers.
With the growth of the use of Fiberglass, Composites and Advanced Materials it is vital to acheive
Composite Materials Recovery
to conserve strategic resources and realize Environmental Sustainability.
Plate Glass Recycling
If you wish to recycle old or broken windows or flat glass,
please feel free to ADD an inquiry to the glass Exchange for
Plate Glass Scrap.
The exchange service connects waste glass generators directly with scrap glass consumers.
Mirror Scrap
You may recycle old or broken mirrors by posting a listing into the glass Exchange for
Mirror Scrap.
The exchange service connects waste glass generators directly with scrap glass consumers.
Mirror coatings
Scrap Lab Glass
List your requirements for
Scrap Lab Glass
or borosilicate glassware if you wish to recycle these materials.
