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9 Disposal o

f

dischar

g

e lamp

s

High

-pressure

di

sc

h

ar

g

e

l

amps conta

i

n sma

ll

quant

i

-

ties o

f

mercur

y

as an environment-relevant substance.

Metal halide lam

p

s can also contain thallium iodide as

an a

ddi

t

i

ve.

Thi

s

i

s w

h

y

di

sc

h

ar

g

e

l

amps must

b

e

di

s

-

posed o

f

separatel

y

f

rom domestic waste and indus

-

tr

ial

w

as

t

e

si

m

ila

r t

o

do

m

es

t

ic

w

as

t

e

.

The

las

t

o

wn

er

is obli

g

ed to dispose o

f

the dischar

g

e lamp usin

g

the

correct

p

roce

d

ure

.

Breaka

g

e o

f

hi

g

h-pressure dischar

g

e lamps emits

traces o

f

toxic mercur

y

and thallium halides

.

More in

f

ormation on handlin

g

dischar

g

e lamps is

a

v

ailable

at

h

tt

p

:

//

www.osram.com

/

wee

e

In any case the le

g

al re

g

ulations o

f

the respective

countr

y

h

ave to

b

e respecte

d.

9

.1

S

tatutor

y

re

q

uirement

s

Di

r

ec

t

i

v

e

2002

/

96

/

E

C

WEE

E

(

waste of electrical and

electronic equipment

)

came into effect on 13 Februar

y

2003. It a

pp

lies in all Member States of the Euro

p

ean

U

n

i

on

.

S

imilar s

y

stems are also in use in some non-European

cou

ntr

ies.

The main aim o

f

this EU directive is the re-use

,

materi

-

al recyclin

g

and other

f

orms o

f

recyclin

g

o

f

such waste

products in order to reduce the quantit

y

o

f

waste and

to protect resources, particularl

y

b

y

means o

f

reuse

an

d

recyc

li

n

g.

A

ll manu

f

acturers and im

p

orters o

f

electrical and

e

l

ectron

i

c equ

i

pment are o

blig

e

d

to ta

k

e

b

ac

k

t

h

e

ir

pro

d

ucts an

d

to ensure t

h

at t

h

e

y

are treate

d

, reuse

d

or

rec

y

c

l

e

d.

OSRAM lamps intended for recyclin

g

are

mar

k

e

d

w

i

t

h

t

hi

s s

y

m

b

o

l.

G

eneral information on disposal can be found at

http:

//

www.osram.com

/

wee

e

9.2

C

ollection, transport and disposal of discharge

l

am

p

s at en

d

-o

f

-

life

D

ur

i

n

g

transport to

di

sposa

l

or co

ll

ect

i

on po

i

nts, p

l

ease

m

ake sure that the lamps are adequatel

y

protected

f

rom breaka

g

e, which would result in the emission o

f

m

e

r

cu

ry.

T

ransport o

f

the used dischar

g

e lamps by the last

owner

i

s not su

bj

ect to trans

p

ort

p

erm

i

ss

i

on.

Th

e

l

amps

d

o not const

i

tute

d

an

g

erous car

g

o

i

n accor-

dance with the correspondin

g

re

g

ulations

GG

V

S

,

GG

VE and ADR and RID

.

9.3

O

rdinance on Hazardous

S

ubstances

Dischar

g

e lamps

(

fluorescent lamps, compact fluores-

cent

l

amps,

high

-pressure mercury vapor

l

amps, meta

l

h

a

lid

e

l

amps,

high

-pressure an

d

l

ow-pressure so

di

um

vapor lamps) are not subject to mandatory markin

g

accordin

g

to the

O

rdinance on Hazardous

S

ubstances.

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