Chose to provide a recycling area for two of: batteries, mercury-containing lamps, and electronic waste.
I have a nursing home with LED lighting only. I have no Mercury containing lamps and I have no e-waste. If a fridge breaks we would transport it away from the facility, not provide storage for it (e-waste). It seems silly to provide recycling areas for waste stream that would not occur? (I have recycling for lamps and batteries). Anybody had the same problem?
Jim Nicolow
Director of SustainabilityLord Aeck Sargent
LEEDuser Expert
10 thumbs up
December 27, 2019 - 12:17 pm
I agree that when a large appliance like a refrigerator fails, they're likely to remove it concurrent with delivery of a replacement rather than storing it for any extended period. You only need to demonstrate accommodation of 2 of 3 hard to recycle waste streams, and you indicated that you have recycling for lamps and batteries so you've already met the prerequisite requirement. However, e-waste in a nursing home will include items smaller than a refrigerator (cell phones, computers, power strips, etc.). Maybe the area you've designated can serve all three?
Maria Porter
Sustainability specialistSkanska Sweden
270 thumbs up
January 7, 2020 - 3:12 am
My reviewer is having a problem with that I’m providing storage for lamps and not for “mercury containing lamps”. They say I have not met the prereq with lamps only…
Holly Ratafia
July 2, 2020 - 11:12 pm
The LED luminaires qualify. In the future when a luminaire modual, relay or other componant fails on that fixture, it should be listed as e-waste (WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment). Here is an article from 2016. It is a little old but can get you started on your research - https://www.led-professional.com/resources-1/articles/led-lamps-recyclin...