New Bulb Eater® CFL Premium Conversion Kit

Ever wanted to crush spent compact fluorescent lamps in your existing Bulb Eater® Premium machine? Now you can with the new Bulb Eater® Premium CFL Conversion Kit!

Conversion takes about an hour, and a retrofitted machine can store up to 3,000 crushed CFLs. A machine with the kit also retains the ability to crush tube lamps. Contact us to learn more and check availability in your area.

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Don't have a Bulb Eater® lamp crusher yet and want to crush CFLs? Then check out the CFL Premium machine, and start saving on lamp recycling costs by up to 50%! Learn more » CFL Premium Bulb Eater®.

3 Good Reasons to Recycle Spent Lamps

What do 19th-century hat-makers and today's facility managers have in common? The answer is that both have reason to take precaution against mercury exposure, according to this article from FacilitiesNet.

For facility managers, that means recycling their spent mercury-containing fluorescent lamps.

But workplace mercury hazard isn't the only reason to recycle. The article covers the recycling regulations and environmental risks that also make recycling a good idea.

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Air Cycle Corporation recycling solutions make it easy to minimize the safety, compliance and environmental risks of fluorescent lamp disposal.

The Bulb Eater® can reduce overall recycling costs by up to 50% for large facilities, while EasyPak™ prepaid mail-in containers simplify recycling for small facilities. Click here to learn more.

Congratulations, TOBY® Award Winners!

The BOMA TOBY® Award competition for excellence in building management again included buildings powered by Air Cycle recycling solutions. Congratulations to our five regional winners and international nominees for 2010-2011! They are:

Mid America Plaza (Oakbrook Terrace, IL) - CB Richard Ellis, Inc.

First City Tower (Houston, TX) - CB Richard Ellis, Inc.

303 W. Madison (Chicago, IL) - CB Richard Ellis, Inc.

The United Building (Chicago, IL) - Jones Lang LaSalle Americas (Illinois) LP

Esperanté Corporate Center (West Palm Beach, FL) - CB Richard Ellis, Inc.

The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) is awarded by the Building Owners and Managers Assocation (BOMA), and recognizes quality in buildings and building management. Buildings are judged in multiple areas
from community involvement to environmental policies and procedures.

Air Cycle offers comprehensive universal waste (UW) recycling programs that include Custom Portals for easy program management and Air Cycle's award-winning Bulb Eater® lamp crushing system and EasyPak™ prepaid mail-in containers.

To learn more click here , or download the recent corporate UW recycling whitepaper.

Bulb Eater® Helps Merchandise Mart Recycle Lamps

The Bulb Eater® plays a role in helping the Merchandise Mart, the world's largest commercial building (and one of the country's largest recyclers), stay "green" year-round, according to this video from Chicago's ABC7 News.

The Bulb Eater breaks down spent fluorescent bulbs for easy storage and transport for recycling, while safely capturing the mercury vapor from the lamps. "It all gets shipped in a barrel and gets turned back into light bulbs" said Kristen Pabst, assistant property manager at the Merchandise Mart.

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The Bulb Eater can reduce overall lamp recycling costs by up to 50% by saving up to 20 hours of labor per 1000 lamps and 80% of the storage space of intact lamps. Click here to learn more or request pricing.