Tubes are suitable for recycling because they consist principally of glass, metal and approximately 15mg of mercury. The aluminium end caps are separated and recycled, mercury is washed out and collected for reuse in tube manufacture and the contaminated glass powder is used as a bulking product in mineral extraction. Several waste management companies are now offering a collection service to take tubes for recycling.

Companies operating in Dorset

Bakersfield Environmental Services Ltd
The Buckman Building
43 Southampton Road
Ringwood
Hampshire
BH24 1HE
Tel: (01425) 462522

Balcan Engineering Ltd
Witham Road
Woodhall Spar
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN10 6RW
Tel: (01526) 353075

J & G Environmental
Unit 1-6 Holland Way Industrial Estate
Blandford
DT11 7TA
Tel: (01258) 453445

Lamp Recycling Services
Yacht Haven Marine Business Park
250 Embankment Road
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 9JH
Tel: (01752) 662050

Mercury Recycling
Unit G Canal Side North
John Gilbert Way
Trafford Park
Manchester
M17 1DP
Tel: (0161) 877 0977

Office Green Ltd
Orchard House
10/11 Portland Commercial Estate
Ripple Road
Barking
Berkshire
IG11 0TW
Tel: (0208) 5929 998

Perrys Recycling
Marston Magna
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 8DL
Tel: (01935) 850111

The Lamp Recycling Company Limited
7 Bessemer Park
Bessemer Road
Basingstoke
RG21 3NB
Tel: (01256) 842030

Solvwaste Environmental Ltd
Higher Merley
Corfe Mullen
Wimborne
BH21 3EG
Tel: (01202) 840084