2. Vermont’s Lamp Recycling Outreach Strategies

3. Mercury-added Bulbs Common uses Fluorescent bulbs Fluorescent bulbs Overhead lighting Overhead lighting High Intensity Discharge lamps (mercury-vapor, metal halide, and high pressure sodium) High Intensity Discharge lamps (mercury-vapor, metal halide, and high pressure sodium) Street lights Street lights Flood lights Flood lights Industrial lighting Industrial lighting

4. Any labeled lamp is banned from landfill disposal for both households and businesses VT’s new law bans ALL LAMPS labeled or not

5. Lamps manufactured after November 2003 must be labeled to be sold in Vermont Green tip lamps are also labeled and banned from landfill disposal.

6. Challenges to Lamp Recycling Challenges to Lamp Recycling The current nationwide recycling rate for fluorescent bulbs is low - WHY? Awareness of Disposal Requirements Convenience of Disposal Locations Cost to Recycle

8. Direct Mailings to 20,000 Vermont Businesses

9. Same Brochure Used as Newspaper Insert – 140,000 Copies

10. Posters Placed at Solid Waste District Locations

12. Web Site Disposal Options www.mercvt.org

13. 32 Participating True Value Stores across Vermont

14. Increase in Lamp Recycling Rates 2003-2004 6% Increase in linear fluorescent lamps 18% in U-tubes 22% in all other categories including compact fluorescent

17. Karen Knaebel – 802.241.3455 or Karen.knaebel@state.vt.us