What happens to 'Recycled' Lightbulbs? - (you might be surprised)
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2022
- Today we dive deep into what happens to Recycled Lightbulbs. Why do lightbulbs even need to be recycled? This video is NOT sponsored. HUGE thanks to Clean Earth for letting us tour their facility! www.cleanearthinc.com if you are looking to recycle your bulbs you can always check out www.terracycle.com or take your bulbs to a local drop off point at a Lowes, Home Depot, or other hardware store.
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When Zack holds that bottle of liquid mercury, I somehow am kinda worried about a Linus drop happening :s
bruv, Linus gives me anxiety
Uou can see his grip on it with the finger underneath. That wasn't going anywhere.
I'm confident that Linus is officially banned from holding 2/3 of the periodic table in his hands.
What happened?
I can't believe they let him hold it!
These factory tour videos are a new favorite for me.
This guy supports Anker which owns Eufy look it's up. Zack knowingly is continuing to support this company even though they spy on Americans. Zack if a fake patriot and you should support his Chanel
its nice that you make these video`s they are interesting and positive we keep improving
Thank you!
@@JerryRigEverything elon lover
@@Gecmajster123456 random idiot 😂
@@russjam121 totally agree with you, thats your pronoun 🤣
@@JerryRigEverything "mercury is incredibly toxic to both environment and humans" Get your facts right, if mercury was toxic we wouldnt be using it for tooth fillings. its safe material for human use. Please dont spread fear propaganda about mercury.
When I was I kid I would sword fight with those long lights until they exploded. was super fun. Turns out probably wasn't super safe...
That explains alot Dan.
@@JerryRigEverything agreed, haha. Hopefully they were the LED kind (prolly not due to the age of, well, you know, but here's hoping).
Thanks for the videos, Zack! Please do more of them when you're able.
The problem with recycling them is that those places always have a big drop and if you put in a bulb they immediately crack. You showed the bin at end of video and you can see how that is a hazard!
I did the same as a kid. We didn't care and as you when they exploded, what fun. I grew up in the sixties and into the seventies and we didn't care, nobody did. This about fish is old.
Thank you for sharing! These educational videos are incredibly helpful and good for spreading awareness!
I am loving the influx of "How it's made" type videos from Zack!
Thanks for the informative video. One small correction. Most of the current in a fluorescent bulb is carried by argon gas, not by mercury. Electrons from the ionized argon excite mercury atoms, which then emit uv light. The uv light is absorbed by the phosphors, and they in turn give off visible light. That’s why the uv lamp you showed had no phosphor coating. It uses the uv light from the mercury directly.
and in UV-C tubes they have to use special "quartz" glass (its not actually the mineral quartz) or else the short UV waves would be blocked by the glass as it absorbs those spectra. The black color on many UV tubes are probably a filter to block out visible spectrum light as to not disrupt how the UV looks when you use it to make things fluoresce.
The special "quartz" glass they use in these bulbs gets damaged severely by the UVC in just a few hours. It will loose a significant amount of its ability to let through short wave UV light, something like 10-15%. but after the first "burn in" period of the glass, its clarity reduces much more slowly. But over time the bulb will eventually need to be replaced due to the light damaging it to the point it doesnt transmit much UV.
a lot of "CO2" lasers also have a mix of gasses to make them LASE.
@@alexdrockhound9497 i feel like you still have to include the R when using "laser" as a verb.
@@jonathanodude6660 "The back-formed verb to lase is frequently used in the field, meaning "to give off coherent light""
"when a laser is operating it is said to be "lasing""
@@alexdrockhound9497 ah. You wrote it as an acronym, which changed its reading such that the meaning was lost. If lase is backformed from laser (the device) rather than LASER (the process) then spelling with capitals would be misleading as the original meaning of the acronym is not relevant to the meaning of the verb; the verb is not an acronym at all and has no reason to be spelled in caps. “Lasering” would have a different connotation and implied meaning, correct? Ie a material could “lase” but only a person could “laser”?
I love how committed you are to help the environment and educate/entertain us at the same time. This makes for continually great content!
“Today on how it is unmade”
This is really cool process!
Great video! Loved seeing what happens, and the resources to recycle.
great video as always.
here in norway every shop that sells lightbulbs, and batteries for that matter, are obliged to collect used ones.
Thank you so much, I so enjoy these trips to different facilities and the work that goes into first understanding what is happening and then your concise explanation. Keep up the great work.
I love that you make all different types of videos and I especially love that this wasn't even sponsored.
I work for a collection centre and it's nice to see such a huge amount of everyday house stuff gathered together and know it'll be given new life. Recycling is fundamental.
Thank you for bringing these videos to us. They are very educational and it is nice to know that there are companies that have thought this out and are doing the right thing!
These videos are awesome, thanks for taking the time and effort to do this! :D
Love these videos!! Please keep them going. How recycling happens for every day items and such and factory tours. Merry Christmas.
Great content as always
Thanks for the great content Zach!! Merry Christmas from Layton Utah!!!!
I like the direction the channel is going. Love to hear about the positives that we can do for the environment.
Really awesome that they open the machines for you to see what's going on inside. Please make more videos like this
It's very nice and educational to see such videos in your channel, this was really informative for me..
Thank you for sharing it with us.
The effort that goes into recycling these things is kinda satisfying
This is super important. Thanks for sharing!
This is what surprise me Jerry, whenever you are talking about something new in your videos, it seems like you have already done this as your major. Like you already knew it. Thanks man, you motivate me all the time.
I like these plant operation videos. Really enjoyed the Ford plant on the Lighting truck. Now would like to see the Chevy Electrictruck & SUV being built. It was very educational. I use to work for Zenith Electronics in Springfield, MO until they moved the plant to Mexico. I miss it a lot. Especially the people, but I love my job too.
Thanks Zack for sharing these type of videos & tell your wife hi too. Love your wheelchair business you all are doing. God bless & have a wonderful day,
Chris from Missouri
Very awesome to see people doing due diligence to clean up our mess. Thanks Mr Everything!!!!!!! For the great "enlightenment" of the light bulb issue.
really enjoying the reach out into this different kind of content
I like this sort of video. Using your platform to educate people about recycling and other critical environment issues is very important, and hopefully impactful. Thanks!
Awesome content! Thank you, Zach!
Love these calm, cool and collective videos 🤙🏽
Informative video Zack thanks 👍 Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Nice to see and understand the process. Thanks for showing.
Merry Christmas to you and your family sir. Keep up the good content love from Scotland
Quite enlightening video, thx & merry X-mas!
Love these videos. There is still hope for a better future! I didn't know I could recycle these at Lowe's, will definitely do that in the future!
I really feel if the store sells it they should recycle it. I tried recycling two round fluorescent lamps at Menards within the past year. They would not because they are round. But they did sell me two replacement round lamps. I'll give Lowes a try if and when I go there and remember the lamps.
I hope you do more videos like these. Coz we enjoy listening to you.
Nice to get to learn about light bulb recycling and raise awareness in society about this topic. Thanks Zack!
Very interesting Zack, thanks for the education on recycled light bulbs, not something I would go looking for but it was fun to watch and I learned something.
Take care, happy holidays to you and your family.
Thanks for sharing your light(s) this Christmas!
That’s pretty dope. Props to CleanEarth for the tour.
Thanks for this video, always wondered about this!!
Thank you for bringing awareness to this.
Very useful information, thanks Jerry.
Thanks for letting me know I could recycle them at Lowes. That's super easy. I switched all my lights to LED a while ago but I'll keep that in mind.
Good coverage of the recycling process, very informative
Always a good day when Zack posts
I love these recycling videos! Almost everyone I know doesn't recycle their light bulbs. Cans and scrap Iron, yes. But not bulbs. We need not only more drop off centers but more warehousing that contains this type of equipment to extract the mercury. Extremely informative!
These videos like this are amazing where your channel is headed. However, we need an update on the whisper project.
I would Love to watch more videos of this kind, Zack is an Awesome Story Teller
keep up with the philanthropic work. It was an eye-opener with a great awareness
I never knew, but now I do. This facility is amazingly clean for working on such dangerous material. Way to go Clean Earth and thanks Zack!! Merry Christmas.
"amazingly clean for working on such dangerous material." and that is exactly why it is so clean.
Great coverage!!
I always have had the concern with cCFL bulbs. And after watching this, now I can recycle them. ♻️
I appreciate to have this kind of video, so we know where we can “properly” dispose. Also, it is fun to watch. Reverse version of how to make.
I love these kinda videos it reminds me of my time in Engineering where went for Industrial Visit, thanks Zack !
Brilliant video.. please do more of these.
Always interesting and useful information 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love these videos! Awesome stuff
Super interesting, I hope you'll make more videos about recycling :)
Awesome job zack.
Thanks for covering the recycling of CFLs. They are something that more people need to be aware of regarding their dangers and wasted resources
Thank you for always writing converted units in the videos
You can explore making videos about factory tours.. they are always interesting. Hoping more like these come along!
Growing up with PBS made me a sucker for 'how it's made' type clips. Well done on channeling that energy.
Yes! More factory type tours please!!!
This was really informative and useful. Really concerning about the mercury contamination of fish... not to mention the guidance of reduce of consumption of cans of tuna. One would think there would be stricter regulations federally in place to reduce this contamination.... goes to people really need to get push their elected officials locally and federally in doing the right thing in environmental as well health regulations and not be beholden to lobbyists and corporations.
I bet most people rather their money be spent on something else like gun rights
@@thomasandrews9355 Wouldn't be much need to spend money on retaining a right if there weren't so many trying to get rid of it. Really is nice we can do both simultaneously though.
@@thomasandrews9355 i would
The reason fish in particular are a problem is bioaccumulation. Most of the land animals we eat are herbivores, but a lot of fish, especially big ones, are carnivores, and they eat other, smaller carnivores, sometimes several layers deep. Each step up the food chain concentrates any contaminant that can't be filtered out expelled. Material in the ocean flows around, so limiting fishing to cleaner regions only does so much, and people would complain if tuna just ended up being illegal to sell. People who know about this and are concerned can choose other foods that are much lower in mercury, like fish that eat plants, or replacing canned tuna with chicken.
Even if we stop adding new pollution globally, things like mercury will hang out in the biosphere for a while, before they end up getting deep enough in sediment to be removed from circulation.
Radiation can be detected from a safe distance and eventually decays away over time. Mercury doesn't ☠️ it stays forever toxic and *builds up* in food chain
Thanks for every intel about techs till now
WOW, I'm impressed with your professionalism and your natural host abilities. You're video's on recycling, etc... should be featured on television for all to see. Keep up with the great research and content. Thanks
That was awesome content. Thank you.
This is the industry I work in (hazmat/haz-waste solutions) so thanks for bringing this to more people's eyes. I am glad to see more people will realize that their lightbulbs are can and should be recycled instead of ending up in a landfill.
Depending on your state, most will run household hazardous waste events where you can drop off lightbulbs as another great solution for disposal.
my dad used to work at a lamp plant, and they were very proactive about checking the employees for mercury exposure. they would make you sign your name and keep them on file to compare against past signatures in case they started to get jittery or sloppy, as if you were exposed to a harmful amount of mercury and were poisoned, sloppy motor skills are one of the symptoms. always thought that was interesting. cool to see the process to recycle these, having known a bit of the process to make these kinds of bulbs!
And then they thought it was good idea to put that toxic metal into ppls tooth fillings.
His channel is now fancy facilities tours... and im here for it!
Very interesting and informative !! Thanks !!
Merry Christmas to you and your family
Thank you for this Public Service Announcement. I had no idea that Lowe's or Home Depot have recycling stations for bulbs that contain toxic material.
Fantastic video. Highly educating as well.
I had no idea some of my light bulbs had mercury in them. Thanks for this video Zack, I'll be recycling any of my florescent bulbs from here on in.
great video, i love hearing about this sort of thing
Thanks for the great video! I would love to see one on how lithium batteries are recycled.
Thank you for sharing.
love this kind of content.
A very informative video
I once broke a thermometer 🤒 when i was a kid.
Thank you for an insightful video. I enjoy those much more than phone tests.
Can you please make a video about your eclectic Humvee? Eager to know the final result
More recycling with Jerry please
I'm liking the recycling plant videos. I hope to see more.
ohhhh man brings back memories of how its mad thanks for this love it!
Jerry, Thanks so much for providing this most interesting mercury harvesting. I remember collecting it from old mercury switches many decades ago. I remember the U.S. Government banning those silent mercury wall switches so many of us had in our homes, at that time!
Thanks for showing this process, simple but interesting, evaporating the mercury is easy and efficient 👍
WOW!! the amount of energy it takes to recycle these bulbs is staggering!
Great video. I’ve learned a lot. Thanks!
Great video. Much love from Kenya Africa
Merry Christmas 🎄
Thanks for saving the word.
Great video with lots of information
Very good content and never too late in life to learn new things
I found this video very educational and how great a facility like this can keep us all safe while recycling glass, aluminum and recapturing mercury all to be reused again. It gives me hope for mankind and the future. Thanks for sharing this knowledge Zack.
I appreciate the video and especially the information on how to recycle. I have a box of burnt out fluorescent bulbs to dispose of.
Good report!
Nice content 👍🏼💪🏼