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What to Do if a Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulb or
Fluorescent Tube Light Bulb Breaks in Your Home or Office
CLEANUP AND DISPOSAL OVERVIEW
The most important steps to reduce exposure to mercury vapor from a broken bulb are:
1. Before cleanup
Have people and pets leave the room.
Air out the room for 5%u201010 minutes by opening a window or door to the outdoor Environment.
Shut off the central forced air heating/air conditioning system, if you have one.
Collect materials needed to clean up broken bulb.
2. During cleanup
Be thorough in collecting broken glass and visible powder.
Place cleanup materials in a seal-able container.
3. After cleanup
Promptly place all bulb debris and cleanup materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area until materials can be disposed of properly. Avoid leaving any bulb fragments or cleanup materials indoors.
If practical, continue to air out the room where the bulb was broken and leave the heating/air conditioning system shut off for several hours.
Fluorescent Tube Light Bulb Breaks in Your Home or Office
CLEANUP AND DISPOSAL OVERVIEW
The most important steps to reduce exposure to mercury vapor from a broken bulb are:
1. Before cleanup
Have people and pets leave the room.
Air out the room for 5%u201010 minutes by opening a window or door to the outdoor Environment.
Shut off the central forced air heating/air conditioning system, if you have one.
Collect materials needed to clean up broken bulb.
2. During cleanup
Be thorough in collecting broken glass and visible powder.
Place cleanup materials in a seal-able container.
3. After cleanup
Promptly place all bulb debris and cleanup materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area until materials can be disposed of properly. Avoid leaving any bulb fragments or cleanup materials indoors.
If practical, continue to air out the room where the bulb was broken and leave the heating/air conditioning system shut off for several hours.
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LED stands for light-emitting diode and is also referred to as solid-state lighting. LED is a semiconductor device that turns electricity into energy in the form of white or different color lights. This is different from incandescent light bulbs (which generate light from tungsten filament heated from electric current) and compact fluorescent lights (which use electricity to excite mercury atoms to emit ultraviolet (UV) radiation that strike phosphor coating in glass tubes and convert to light).LED technology has been used for decades as indicator lights, displays for electronics and backlighting for portable devices. More recent uses of LEDs are traffic signals, outdoor displays, backlighting for displays, automotive lighting and airport runways. Over the past 2 years, we are seeing an accelerated growth for LED lights targeted for general illumination as replacement/ retrofit of incandescent and fluorescent lamps.
The reason for this accelerated growth is because of Green qualities of LED lights: Energy efficiency, Non-toxic and Reduced waste.
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