Environmentally friendly lighting. (Product Spotlight).GE Lighting has made manufacturing improvements, along with a simplification of its fluorescent lighting line, to provide a wide range of products compliant with the Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (US EPA) TCLP total concentrate leachate procedure TCLP Type Classification Limited Procurement TCLP Type Classification Limited Production ) at no increase in cost. All GE two-, three-, and four-foot T8 linear fluorescent lamps fluorescent lamp Type of electric discharge lamp consisting of a glass tube filled with a mixture of argon and mercury vapor. A current of electricity causes the vapor to produce ultraviolet radiation that, in turn, excites a phosphor coating on the inside of the tube, are now Ecolux[R] products, which exceed the TCLP standards set by the EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. . The TCLP test is a landfill disposal test used by the federal government to determine whether used fluorescent lamps are to be managed as standard or hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. upon disposal. Having passed the TCLP test requirements, Ecolux lamps are considered nonhazardous waste per federal regulations. CIRCLE 85 ON READER SERVICE CARD |
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