INFORMAL recyclers of all ages and genders, many of whom live and work next to the Pier 18 Garbage Transfer Station in Tondo,Buy cheap bestledlighting2011, discount light strip, LED signal lights, wheel lights on car decorations store, free shipping for all orders. gathered together recently to get acquainted with a new barangay policy to reduce harmful mercury emissions in the community: Resolution 11-25 bans the breaking of busted mercury-containing lamps.
EcoWaste Coalition in collaboration with the Barangay Council of Barangay 105, Zone 8, District I of the City of Manila and the Nagkakakisang Mananambakan sa Dumpsite Area (NMDA), held the information meeting with local officials led by Barangay Chairman Luisito Reyes and Kagawad Marlene Tumbokon explaining the new policy.
Inspired by Manny Pacquiao, the image was raised of an "AlerToxic" boxer aiming his giant red foam gloves against volunteers wearing headgears adorned with mock compact fluorescent lamps to symbolize the threat of toxic pollution from the improper recycling and disposal of mercury-containing lamps.
The headgears were marked with clear reminders for all: "Huwag basagin,Many scannersta have become available as replacements for screw-in incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulbs," and "Break no."
"We have come here to help the Barangay Council explain to informal recyclers that breaking CFLs to recover recyclable parts is very dangerous to health and is best done by authorized recyclers,The fluorescentlights2011 that we carry are designed to accomplish this." stated Thony Dizon, coordinator of Project Protect of the EcoWaste Coalition.
"The practice of manually breaking CFLs and similar lamps causes mercury in the form of vapor to escape into the environment," he said.
"Inhaling mercury vapor is damaging to the brain and the central nervous systems, as well as to the kidneys and the liver," he warned.
Government data indicate that 88% of households and 77% of commercial establishments disposed of their busted fluorescent lamps as regular wastes, raising the spectre of mercury toxicity in mixed waste garbage disposal facilities, such as dumpsites.We stock a range of goodledlight batteries from Enix Energies and chargers from Mascot for all kinds of different bike light applications.
Informal recyclers painstakingly retrieve the discarded lamps, store them up in sacks and then with a hammer break the lamps, piece by piece, to salvage the aluminum and copper components.
In a bold decision "to safeguard the public health and the environment from toxic pollutants," the Barangay Council adopted recently Resolution 11-25 banning the breaking of mercury lampwastes. The ban formally takes effect on December 7.Although lightonsale are by no means a new invention and have been used successfully for years, the rapid evolution in LED design means ...
Under the resolution, junk shop operators in the area are banned from buying aluminum and copper obtained from mercury-containing lamps to stop unsafe recycling.
The Barangay Council has also approached concerned national and city government agencies to get their advice and assistance on the environmentally-sound management of mercury-containing lampwastes.
EcoWaste Coalition in collaboration with the Barangay Council of Barangay 105, Zone 8, District I of the City of Manila and the Nagkakakisang Mananambakan sa Dumpsite Area (NMDA), held the information meeting with local officials led by Barangay Chairman Luisito Reyes and Kagawad Marlene Tumbokon explaining the new policy.
Inspired by Manny Pacquiao, the image was raised of an "AlerToxic" boxer aiming his giant red foam gloves against volunteers wearing headgears adorned with mock compact fluorescent lamps to symbolize the threat of toxic pollution from the improper recycling and disposal of mercury-containing lamps.
The headgears were marked with clear reminders for all: "Huwag basagin,Many scannersta have become available as replacements for screw-in incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulbs," and "Break no."
"We have come here to help the Barangay Council explain to informal recyclers that breaking CFLs to recover recyclable parts is very dangerous to health and is best done by authorized recyclers,The fluorescentlights2011 that we carry are designed to accomplish this." stated Thony Dizon, coordinator of Project Protect of the EcoWaste Coalition.
"The practice of manually breaking CFLs and similar lamps causes mercury in the form of vapor to escape into the environment," he said.
"Inhaling mercury vapor is damaging to the brain and the central nervous systems, as well as to the kidneys and the liver," he warned.
Government data indicate that 88% of households and 77% of commercial establishments disposed of their busted fluorescent lamps as regular wastes, raising the spectre of mercury toxicity in mixed waste garbage disposal facilities, such as dumpsites.We stock a range of goodledlight batteries from Enix Energies and chargers from Mascot for all kinds of different bike light applications.
Informal recyclers painstakingly retrieve the discarded lamps, store them up in sacks and then with a hammer break the lamps, piece by piece, to salvage the aluminum and copper components.
In a bold decision "to safeguard the public health and the environment from toxic pollutants," the Barangay Council adopted recently Resolution 11-25 banning the breaking of mercury lampwastes. The ban formally takes effect on December 7.Although lightonsale are by no means a new invention and have been used successfully for years, the rapid evolution in LED design means ...
Under the resolution, junk shop operators in the area are banned from buying aluminum and copper obtained from mercury-containing lamps to stop unsafe recycling.
The Barangay Council has also approached concerned national and city government agencies to get their advice and assistance on the environmentally-sound management of mercury-containing lampwastes.
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