Strategic Action Plan - International Environmental Technology Centre

ESTABLISH A COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT
(CFL) RECYCLING PROGRAMME AND COMMON
FACILITY
Target:
‣ To establish a CFL Recycling programme and common facility for the same.
Lead Agency: Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) & MPCB Regional Office
Support Agency: CFL Manufacturers, Suppliers and Vendors of electrical materials,
MCCIA, ISWM Cell and NGO’s, generators and citizens of Pune. Certain Industries
especially CFL Manufactures can take up the management of CFL recycling as part of
their CSR e.g. Phillips.
Location (Suggested): A CFL Facility may be set up near the landfill area.
Description: CFLs contain a small amount of mercury, usually about 4 milligrams per
bulb, although a range of concentrations exists. Mercury is a neurotoxin that can affect
the function of nerves in the brain and can disrupt brain development in fetuses and
young children. Mercury is also prone to biomagnifications– increasing its
concentration in animal tissues as it moves up the food chain. With respect to the
growing application of CFL as an energy efficient device, there exists an immediate
need to develop safe recycling project for handling these wastes. Recycled gypsum which
is mainly produced from waste plasterboard from construction and demolition sites
can be used to enhance the growth and quality of the potato crop. It is not simply
crushed-up or shredded, but carefully processed to remove all other materials and
contamination. It is usually a sand-like powder and is comparable to agricultural
gypsum, safe to handle and use 1 . Although gypsum boards may not be used on a largescale
in Indian construction scenario, this can be looked as a probable alternative. In
order to set up a facility for recycling CFL, PMC, PCMC and PCB will have to
combine and provide for the land for such a facility. The services of a consultant can
be used to collaborate with all the stakeholders and find a Public Private Partnerships
(PPP) to provide technology for recycling and operate such a recycling facility. The
Consultant will have to collaborate with the CFL generating institutions and
companies and suppliers which will be the organizations making the contract with
private sector guarantying waste supply. Such companies will benefit from such an
activity by getting incentives in the form of tax redemption for example.
3R INITIATIVES
SCHEME 6
Links to other ISWM Pune
Schemes:
‣ Securing Carbon Credits
‣ Establishment of
Community Sorting
Centers
‣ Improving the Health and
Safety of PMC workers,
Rag-pickers and Citizens in
Proximity of Landfill
Benefits
PROGRAMME
G1 O1
• Implementation of an
economically and
environmentally sound and
publicly endorsed CFL
Recycling Program.
• Reduction of mercury
deposition at the landfill
sites
• Reduced risk to human
and ecosystem health
Budget (Estimated): Rs 1 Million
Timeframe (Estimated): 16 months
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