Energy-saving lamps: energy-saving starting and environmentally friendly recycling

An energy-saving lamp at Mr. Yang’s home in the Songbinli district of Daoli District, Harbin recently broke down. I heard that the energy-saving lamps contained toxic substances. He was concerned that the energy-saving lamps would pollute the environment like used batteries. Mr. Yang and his wife did not dare to throw them away, but they did not know where they could be recycled. They had to save them. Mr. Wang, a citizen of the public, also has several energy-saving lamps that are in use at home and he has not thrown them away. He scolds him. "There can't always be so many used bulbs at home!"

Source of green light pollution pollution of a lamp 30 tons of water pollution It is understood that in Heilongjiang Province in 2008 launched a green lighting project, promote the use of 2 million energy-saving lamps, urban and rural residents to purchase energy-saving lamps will enjoy state subsidies. At that time, China had listed the green lighting project as one of the ten key energy-saving projects in the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period. The country adopted financial subsidies to support efficient lighting products to replace incandescent lamps and other inefficient lighting products in use. According to statistics, after promotion and implementation of 2 million high-efficiency lighting products in Heilongjiang province, it can save 80 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80,000 tons, 800 tons of sulfur dioxide, and 300 tons of dust.

The convenience and benefits brought by energy-saving lamps are undeniable. However, some professionals said that energy-saving lamps contain many harmful elements such as lead, mercury, and cadmium, which can cause pollution to water, soil, and air. Low-dose mercury contained in energy-saving lamps will directly affect human health if they are volatilized into the air. Lead in energy-saving lamps can cause neurological disorders, nephritis, etc. Cadmium mainly causes diseases such as kidney damage and osteoporosis. It is estimated that each energy-saving lamp contains 1.5 to 5 milligrams of mercury, such as water that is immersed in the ground and can contaminate more than 30 tons. Now nearly four years have passed since the promotion of energy-saving lamps in Heilongjiang Province began in 2008. The life span of the first batch of energy-saving lamps that are being promoted will be around, and about 2 million energy-saving lamps will begin to be scrapped. Who will recycle such hazardous waste?

The lack of awareness of the recovery of hazardous waste readily available, according to Harbin City Environmental Protection Bureau solid waste radiation office staff, Harbin City, not only, and even the province, the country has no energy-saving lamp recycling mechanism. A responsible person said that the National Catalogue of Hazardous Wastes, which began on August 1, 2008, clearly stipulated: fluorescent lamps, nickel-cadmium batteries, mercury oxide batteries, waste films, waste photo paper, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, and electronics. Hazardous wastes, non-pharmaceutical packaging, and other hazardous wastes generated from the daily life of households may temporarily not be treated as hazardous wastes. The implication is that there are no departments and mechanisms for the recovery of these hazardous wastes. Reporters interviewed 50 to 60 people on the streets and randomized interviews. Only a few people knew that the danger of discarding energy-saving lamps was great. Most people did not understand their dangers, and they were often thrown into garbage bags along with ordinary household waste.

Our water resources, our land, our physical health, are threatened by our own disposal of hazardous waste.

The extensive propaganda system guarantees that the stones of other mountains can be used for reference. Experts have suggested that Heilongjiang Province can also learn from and draw lessons from the promotion and recovery of hazardous wastes. With regard to environmental protection propaganda for discarded energy-saving lamps, Shanghai took the lead to take a step. Social groups and volunteers have already begun organizing extensive publicity campaigns, calling for the recycling of discarded energy-saving lamps and establishing related systems. Three years ago, Shanghai promoted energy-saving lamps to residents through streets and neighborhood committees to raise public awareness of energy conservation and environmental protection. Up to now, there have been about 27 million energy-saving lamps entering millions of households. Not long ago, the Shanghai Union of University Students organized the "2012, you can also save the earth" activities, the Shanghai Environmental Protection Industry Association took the lead in putting forward green environmental protection "seven not" public welfare advocacy, and for the city's 500,000 college students, public admission of college students Environmental protection volunteers took the lead in launching environmental protection activities such as “recycling of used batteries and used energy-saving lamps” in the city. A total of 14 universities and colleges participated. Through public welfare activities and media publicity, many citizens have realized the importance of energy-saving lamps recycling.

According to experts, Japan is quite strict in dealing with these hazardous wastes. For products that are likely to cause harm to the environment, they require that detailed records be kept from the product's “birth” to “death”, and the owner of the product and related departments should make a record of the process from the purchase to the end of the destruction. If the source of the hazardous waste is not provided and the record of destruction is provided, the owner of the article will be severely punished.

The government led the people in cooperation with the joint efforts to solve the recovery problem. At present, citizens and volunteers in Harbin City believe that, like used battery recycling, the recycling of discarded energy-saving lamps is also imperative. Mr. Chen said that people can make supermarkets, shopping malls and other companies selling energy-saving lamps instead of manufacturers recycling, the public can use the energy-saving lamps to buy new energy-saving lamps discount, and the state should give recycling manufacturers a certain fee subsidies, or set up a dedicated recycling Business support. Some professionals said that the general life of energy-saving lamps for three or four years, Heilongjiang Province will start this year after a large number of energy-saving lamps into the retirement period, the urgent need for relevant departments to issue recycling methods. The relevant person suggested that a linkage mechanism should be established to coordinate with the relevant government departments to jointly solve the problem of recycling of waste products including waste energy-saving lamps. An industry insider of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said that the government and the people must work together for the recovery of hazardous waste such as energy-saving lamps and batteries. The government should take the lead in recycling, decomposition, and processing. Such things can only be done by the country. The power of relying on the people is very weak, and the people's awareness of environmental protection needs to be strengthened. In order to eliminate the hazards of hazardous wastes to the environment, the government is indispensable for both the people and the people.