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What is a Mail-In Recycling Program?

Posted on Jan 17, 2012.

A lot of businesses don’t go through lamps very quickly. Smaller locations use less, so naturally they have less to recycle. The easiest thing to do would be toss the lamps in the garbage with everything else, right? Wrong. There are better solutions than putting yourself (you can be charged up to $25,000) and others at risk. The best option for businesses that don’t use a lot of lamps is a recycling pak program. What is that, you ask?

Simply put, a recycling pak program is an easy, convenient way for businesses to recycle their lamps, ballast, batteries and even mercury. A lot of recycling companies offer mail-in services as a way for those who don’t go through a lot of these items to store and recycle them without much hassle. We call ours “EverMail,” but pak programs all serve the same purpose.

Pak programs work as follows:

  1. Go online or call the recycling company to order boxes or pails
  2. Fill the boxes or pails as needed
  3. When your box or pail is full, fill out the shipping information, seal it, and send it back to the recycling company
  4. Once your items have been processed you’ll be sent a Certificate of Recycling
These programs are ideal for retail, large and small corporations, sites with limited storage space, and de-centralized locations that generate minimal amounts of universal waste. The price of our EverMail program includes the cost of the box, shipping to and from EverLights, recycling fees and the certificate of recycling.

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Next time you’re replacing lamps in your office or building, think about the options you have for getting rid of them, and make sure you put “throw them out” at the bottom of the list. If you don’t think using a pak program is your best option, you can also drop them off at, or call to have them picked up by, a number of places, including EverLights.