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How To Safely Seal Your EasyPak VaporShield Containers

Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Our products and services are designed to make recycling more convenient, safe, and cost-effective for organizations of all sizes. To ensure the safety of all employees and carriers who handle your EasyPak containers from the moment they hold their first fluorescent bulb, to arriving at a certified recycling facility, it is important to follow all of the instructions included on your EasyPak VaporShield Box. That means not only properly assembling the container, but also making sure that the container is properly sealed before shipment.

Share this short video with your team to learn how to easily assemble and pack an EasyPak VaporShield container to ensure safety during handling and delivery. 





Need a helpful reminder? Print out these instructions to keep handy while you’re packing fluorescent bulbs for shipment.

  1. When assembling your box for the first time, press the end cap into one end of the center section.
  2. Remove the white strips from the pressure sensitive tape on the first end cap, and press the folds firmly along the sides of the center section.
  3. Seal end cap to container with 3” wide box tape. Seal all edges and corners for shipping. Make several wraps around the intersection of the end cap and center section of the box to create a tight seal. Tape should cover all of the creases created by the end cap.
  4. Press firmly on the tape to ensure that it adheres.
  5. When you begin to fill the box with spent lamps, be sure to write the accumulation start date in the box on the side of the center section.
  6. If the box is not entirely filled, insert the end cap into the open end of the center section without taping. This will keep the box closed when not in use.
  7. When the box is filled with linear fluorescent lamps, press the end cap down onto the center section until the lamps pierce the first layer of cardboard on the end cap, holding the bulbs in place.
  8. Remove the white strips from the pressure sensitive tape located on the underside of the end cap, and press the folds firmly along the sides of the center section.
  9. Repeat steps three and four to the opposite end cap to ensure a secure seal.



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Increase Work Environment Safety With Lamp Recycling

Tuesday, March 29, 2016
The Bulb Eater 3 drum top fluorescent lamp crusher with Intelli Technology is the most fun you can have disposing of lamps, but it’s also much more. This incredible innovation brings to mind efficiency, compliance, and most of all, safety. Mercury is a nerve poison that, when vaporized, can easily be absorbed into the lungs and blood stream. Federal regulations protect workers, and fines for improper disposal could be as much as $32,000 per occurrence. 

Among the many reasons to use the Bulb Eater 3®, which crushes an entire pallet of lamps into a 55-gallon drum, is the reduction of risk and liability associated with improper disposal. EPA studies have shown an estimated 2-3% accidental breakage rate while handling bulbs for pickup, releasing dangerous mercury gas into the work environment. The Bulb Eater 3 reduces labor by up to 20 hours per 1,000 lamps, which reduces time handling bulbs and chances of accidental breakage. Workers are safer, and liability is reduced.

How does lamp recycling create a safer work environment? Read more from Air Cycle here. 

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