Mercury Recyling Group Plc.

Mercury Recycling opened the UK’s first Lamp Recycling Facility in
1996. What was then ‘State of the Art’ equipment was imported from
Europe and the first customers began sending in their tubes and
discharge lamps for recycling. The majority of these new customers were
aware of the toxic effects of mercury, found in fluorescent tubes and
most discharge lamps, and wanted the most environmentally friendly
method of disposal. The purchase of a Superior Distiller, to recover the
mercury from the spent lamps, was a key factor in persuading potential
clients that there was an alternative to the damaging landfill practice.
In 2001 Mercury Recycling Group Plc became AIM Listed on the London
Stock Exchange.

In 2005 Mercury Recycling recovered and returned to Industry approximately 3 metric tonnes of elemental mercury.

With the introduction of new legislation such as The Landfill
Directive, The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 and
the forthcoming WEEE Directive many companies now find that Lamp
recycling is now more cost-effective than Landfill, where Hazardous
Waste disposal costs typically have tripled.

In anticipation of the new regulations Mercury Recycling officially
opened their new 30,000 sq.ft. premises in Trafford Park, making it the
largest dedicated Lamp Recycling Facility in the UK. With new British
designed plant and equipment, the site has the capacity to recycle 40
million lamps per annum. To put this into perspective it is estimated
some 100 million lamps are distributed in the UK annually.