French bulb recovery rate of 42% sales volume of over 4 tons

Bulb recovery

According to French media quoted the Agence France-Presse "20minutes.fr" reports, the French energy organization R cylum on March 18th local time, 2013, France lighting recovery rate continues to rise, reaching 42% sales, a total of 39 million 500 thousand.

According to the R cylum statement, 2013, the group has a total of 39 million 500 thousand light bulbs use and reuse, compared to 2012 increased by 14%. Bulb recovery increased by 3 percentage points to reach 42%. Recovery bulb weight increased from 4270 tons in 2012 to the year of 2013, a total of 4591 tons.

R cylum praised the French recovery of bulb enthusiasm, and this result is attributed to the recycling network of powerful propaganda and "intensive", especially the 16 thousand collection points distributed in France each store. R cylum stressed that the current 87% of the French will be used by the light bulb sent to the recovery, while in 2011 this proportion was 80%.

Reported that the recovery of light bulbs can be glass, metal (copper and aluminum) and rare minerals (rare earth) to be recycled. It is reported that, in addition to halogen lamps, energy-saving lamps, LED lamps and neon lamps can be recycled.