Curiosity quest goes green. Light bulb recycling.
Joel Greene explores the Lighting Resources facility in Texas to learn how they collect old light bulbs. Then they dump them all into an incredible machine that breaks them apart, safely collects the mercury, chops, cleans, and separates them. Lastly, Greene follows the crushed light bulb remnants t...
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| Format: | Streaming video |
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| Language: | English |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Green Planet Films,
2013.
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| Online Access: | A Kanopy streaming video Cover Image |
| Summary: | Joel Greene explores the Lighting Resources facility in Texas to learn how they collect old light bulbs. Then they dump them all into an incredible machine that breaks them apart, safely collects the mercury, chops, cleans, and separates them. Lastly, Greene follows the crushed light bulb remnants to a glass recycler to watch the process of mixing the recycled light bulbs in with recycled glass to create gorgeous counter tops and flooring. |
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| Item Description: | Cataloged from container. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) |