"We will come to a customer's facility and containerize and label the electronics, light bulbs, batteries, and mercury-containing devices they have, transport them, create applicable shipping paperwork, process the materials or bring them to an appropriate facility to process them. We also offer a certificate of recycling for items we pick up. It closes out the 'cradle to grave,' so customers know they are recycled." --Bryan Dexter, WorkWaste Project Coordinator

If you need more information, check our website [www.WorkWaste.com] or call us at 877-WORKWASTE.

What IS Universal Waste?

Universal wastes are hazardous wastes that may contain mercury, lead, cadmium, copper and/or other substances hazardous to human and environmental health. Examples of common universal wastes are batteries, fluorescent tubes, and some electronic devices. More specifically:

• Electronic devices (CRTs, televisions, computer monitors, cell phones, VCRs, computer CPUs, portable DVD players and UPS battery back up systems) may contain lead and PCBs
• Universal waste batteries (lead acid, lithium, mercury-containing, nickel cadmium)
• Fluorescent lamps (straight tubes, u-tubes, compact fluorescents, HIDs, mercury vapor, metal halide, HPS, and incandescent lamps) contain mercury

Not sure if what you have is a universal waste? Call one of our experts toll free at 1-877-WORKWASTE

How to Handle Universal Waste

Bryan Dexter, WorkWaste Project Coordinator, was quoted in Business New Hampshire Magazine this way: "Many businesses don't have a method for managing waste...Instead, businesses need to make sure universal and ewaste is sorted, packaged, and labeled...". We have created small posters for you to download and post in your facility with basic guidelines for handling universal waste the correct way. If you had any difficulty downloading the posters (above), you can access them through our website (www.workwaste.com) - and go to the Resources tab.

Why Should I Recycle Universal Waste?

First of all - it's the law. Recycling extends the lives of valuable products and maximizes the energy and resources that went into manufacturing the products.

Not Sure What to Do?

WorkWaste offers regulatory compliance and auditing, waste management training, packing/shipping, transportation, disposal/recycling, compliance assessments and waste management planning. Call today to talk with a waste management expert and to schedule a Waste Management Check-Up at your facility. Toll free: 1-877-WORKWASTE.

DID YOU KNOW?

Last year WorkWaste recycled over 115,000 feet of fluorescent lamps and over 90,000 pounds of mixed electronics.