Management Countermeasures of Spent Fluorescent Lamps (SFLs) in Lanzhou

Abstract:

Lanzhou is one of the largest and most important cities in the west part of China. Similar to other megacities in China, Lanzhou produces a lot of SFLs (Spent Fluorescent Lamps) each year too. SFLs in Lanzhou come from four sources: Industrial, commercial, municipal and residential. Consumers of fluorescent lamps have different concepts on how to manage SFLs well. These concepts are established based on their own social cultural norms, moral values and environmental awareness. Most of them are both ineffective and unscientific; SFLs are discarded regularly into trash and buried in landfills. So how to manage SFLs efficiently and effectively becomes a great challenge. So far, no professional companies can collect, dispose, and manage with SFLs well in Lanzhou area. It is necessary and urgent to establish management funds for collecting and disposing SFLs. This article has built a recycling management mode of SFLs, and has done some explanations on how to implement the model.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 878)
• Pages: 585-593
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.878.585
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Zhong Guo Li
• Keywords: Lanzhou, Management Countermeasures, Spent Fluorescent Lamps

References

[1] Smocovich, M.C., Emergencias químicas provocadas por mercurio y sus compuestos: su prevención y control. Tesis por la Universidad Nacional de General San Martín. (2000).

[2] Wong, C. et al. Sources and trends of environmental mercury emissions in Asia. Sci. Total Enrivon. 368 (2006)649–662.

[3] Mukherjee, A.B. et al. Mercury in waste in the European Union: sources, disposal methods and risks. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 42(2004)155–182.

[4] D.A. Sarigiannis, S.P. Karakitsios, M.P. Antonakopoulou, A. Gotti. Exposure analysis of accidental release of mercury from compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). Science of the Total Environment . (2012)435–436.

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.026

[5] Natalia Rey-Raap, Antonio Gallardo. Determination of mercury distribution inside spent compact fluorescent lamps by atomic absorption spectrometry. Waste Management . 32(2012) 944–948.

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.12.001

[6] Lanzhou City in 2010 Communique of the sixth national census data. Information on http: /www. tjcn. org/rkpcgb/rkpcgb/201112/22706. html.

[7] Zhongguo LI. The survey report of Spent Fluorescent Lamps in Lanzhou city(R). (2012).

[8] The 3rd edition of the overall urban planning in Lanzhou city. Information on http: /www. lzgh. gov. cn/cxgh/ztgh06. jsp.

[9] Main data of 2nd national economic census Bulletin (No. 2) in Lanzhou City. Information on http: /rb. lzbs. com. cn/html/2010-07/01/content_185036. htm.

[10] education development digital report in Lanzhou, 2010. Information on http: /www. lzedu. net/article. asp?aid=6744.