European Waste Catalogue
Fluorescent tubes and other mercury-containing lamps are 20 01 21, a hazardous entry — they must be kept separate from general WEEE.
Also searched as: fluorescent lamps, strip lights, mercury lamps, CFL bulbs
Have a 20 01 21 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier2.5 million cremations/year EU generating ~100 g mercury per cremation · €12M mercury abatement and implant recycling market
Primary buyers include Funeral and related activities and Other non-ferrous metals production.
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Fluorescent tubes and mercury-containing lamps
Fluorescent tubes and other mercury-containing waste
Mercury-containing equipment components
Hazardous components removed from discarded equipment
Hazardous components removed from discarded equipment
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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Recovery tiers only. For numbers that survive a technical review, see the validation dossier.