Fluorescent Lamps and Tubes

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What to Recycle?

Do's

Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Fluorescent Lamps (including Straight Tubes and other shapes)

High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps

The Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Programme (FLRP) accepts spent mercury-containing lamps generated from household.
LED lamps are accepted for recycling at GREEN‌@COMMUNITY

Don'ts

Incandescent Light Bulbs

Place the used lamps in a packaging (e.g. reuse the packaging of new lamps);
For broken lamps, put them in a plastic bag and seal them with adhesive tape before deposit;
Remember to protect yourself with disposable rubber gloves and take precautions when cleaning up broken lamps;
Bring the properly wrapped lamps to a Collection Point for recycling.

FLRP collection points include GREEN@COMMUNITY, participating housing estates, shopping malls and retailer outlets.

More than 100 Recycling Spots have been set up in all districts to provide recyclable collection service at fixed time and location on weekly basis.