Clarksville, TN – If your business has 10 or more employees, owns or maintains a building at least 3,000 square feet or meets any of the other three criteria described in the Mercury Disposal Control Act, ( www.tn.gov/environment/solid-waste/solid-waste_mercury-disposal.shtml ), it is illegal to throw away fluorescent lightbulbs or other mercury-added disposal projects.
Bi-County Solid Waste Management can help you properly and legally dispose of your lightbulbs. Call 931.648.5751 for assistance.
In addition, a list of companies outside the community that can accept the bulbs is listed at the bottom of the www.tn.gov website.
Why should it be a company with at least 10 employees? Isn’t any of those bulbs still a hazard regardless of employee size?