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When the Lights Go Out in Las Vegas Hazardous Waste Disappears
An innovative recycling program has made one of this city’s most popular meeting places a green oasis by shipping out the toxic remains of spent light bulbs.
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA) was founded to strengthen the area's convention business and eliminate a troubling economic problem: the cyclical nature of the tourism industry. But the LVCVA doesn't just market this city’s gambling and pleasure palaces.

Pre-Paid Fluorescent Bulb Recycling: The Easy Way to Go Green
The social mandate to Go Green may seem like one more headache for office managers responsible for creating and policing recycling programs for hazardous and other waste.
Yet tackling the complex problem now may very well avert far greater ills, such as stiff fines from regulatory agencies and a tarnished public image.
Fluorescent Lamp Disposal: It Can Be Affordable and Easy
Environmental threat and EPA regulations require fluorescent lamp recycling. New methodology greatly simplifies the process and reduces expense.
Does your facility have fluorescent lights?
Because they contain mercury, spent fluorescent lamps increasingly cannot be trashed in dumpsters as a solid waste.

Turnkey Recycling Solution Brightens Future of Real Estate Firm
It is easy to comply with environmental regulations when fluorescent bulb recycling efforts are automatically updated and quantified. As a result, you are years ahead of most competitors, and prospective clients can swiftly compare an actual "Green" track record with the somewhat vague promises of other property management companies.
Recycling Headlines
Macy's Fined $50k for Improper Fluorescent Lamp Disposal

The EPA has fined Macy's department stores $50,000 for throwing out fluorescent light bulbs in the regular trash.
- Crushing Fluorescent Bulbs: Saving the Environment While Saving Money
- The Easy Way To Go Green
- Why Recycle Used Lamps?
- Recycling Fluorescent Lamps: It Can Be Affordable and Easy
Mercury Spotlight
Mercury's Rising Impact

Mercury is getting a lot of attention, both in the popular press and in state and federal regulatory agencies.
- Researchers: Mercury's Link to Heart Disease Begins in Blood Vessel Walls
- Mercury in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists
- Mercury: a Light Bulb Moment
- Extent of Mercury Pollution More Widespread Than Previously Thought, According To Report
Lighting Trends
Lighting the Future

The increased use of high-efficiency fluorescent lamps, which contain mercury, is pushing the demand for better recycling programs for these products.
- AEE Survey: Lighting Technology Top Priority
- A Scientific Look at Fluorescent Lamps
- Australia to Change Lightbulbs to Curb Warming
- Lighting Upgrades Aren't a Flip of the Switch
Company News
Air Cycle Corporation featured in IFMA article

IFMA article examines the affordability of lamp recycling. Both EasyPak™ and Bulb Eater® were featured as affordable solutions.
- New PDF Form for Bulk Recycling Pickups
- After February 8th, 2006, all fluorescent lamps in California must be recycled.
- New Pig Corporation Now Offers EasyPak™ Recycling Containers To 170,000 Customers!
- Air Cycle Launches New Website For Brazil