EZ on the Earth

EZ on the Earth parent company Lighting Resources began in 1989 with a single fluorescent lamp recycling facility in Ontario, California. A pioneer in fluorescent bulb recycling, the company now picks up large quantity wastes from companies and institutions across the country and manages not only lamps but batteries, lamp ballasts, thermostats and other mercury-containing devices, and electronic and computer waste. Lighting Resources has grown over the last 25 years and now includes multiple facilities across the U.S., a nationwide, fully permitted truck fleet, and state-of-the-art lamp processing equipment.
Building on this success, the EZ on the Earth Division was created to give the same valuable, nationwide service to smaller customers. When pallet loads and truck loads are more than you need, EZ on the Earth Recycle Kits fit the bill. EZ makes it easy to recycle lamps, batteries, non-PCB ballasts, mercury thermometers, switches, smoke detectors, and electronic and computer scrap. Everything you need is included in one upfront price, including the kit, all recycling, and shipping. And, after your kit is returned for recycling, you can obtain your Certificate of Recycling online at certofrecycling.com.

Are you aware that many common items, including fluorescent bulbs and batteries, contain heavy metals including mercury and are regulated by the federal government when disposed of? One call to EZ on the Earth (855) EARTH-55 makes it easy to recycle your spent products, including: fluorescent bulbs, High Intensity Discharge (HID) bulbs, compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs, batteries, smoke detectors, tritium self-powered exit signs, ballasts, electronic scrap, and mercury containing thermostats, thermometers, and switches.When you call (855) EARTH-55, an EZ on the Earth Recycle Kit will be shipped directly to you with everything you need to recycle your waste for one low up front price. (Please note that self-powered tritium exit signs requiring pre-approval before kits are shipped.) 

Why Choose Us

• Everyone understands that it’s important to protect the EARTH. Not everyone knows that EZ on the Earth makes it easy to recycle spent bulbs, batteries, ballasts, and more. One phone call and one low, upfront price, gets you a prepaid, mail back recycle kit. Simply CLICK HERE or call (855) EARTH-55.
• All fluorescent lamps, as well as many other types of lamps, contain mercury, a toxic material that should be kept out of the environment. Our state-of-the-art retort ovens remove mercury from phosphorus powder, and triple distillation equipment returns it to virgin specifications so it is more likely to be reused.
• Regulations issued by the federal government require the proper management of spent lamps, batteries, smoke detectors, tritium exit signs, and mercury-containing thermostats, thermometers, and switches. EZ makes it easy to stay in compliance by properly recycling these items.
• Technology used by Lighting Resources to recycle lamps collected by the EZ on the Earth division is unsurpassed in the recycling industry. Better equipment ensures more material is recovered and recycled and, where possible, reused, better protecting the environment and mitigating clients' environmental liability.
• Healthy environmental practices make it possible to protect our ecosystem today for future generations, and you can be sure of your part in it. When you recycle your waste with us, you can get a Certificate of Recycling for each recycle kit, which documents that you have properly managed your waste products.

Why Recycle

EZ on the Earth and Lighting Resources are committed to providing quality commercial recycling services to help our customers and to help us all be better stewards of the environment. To do this we have built — and continue to build — state-of-the-art recycling facilities to handle bulbs, batteries, electronics, and many other types of universal and related waste for our customers.
Through our large-quantity Lighting Resources services supported by a nationwide permitted truck fleet and our EZ on the Earth Recycle Kits, we provide nationwide recycling with localized customer service for customers of all sizes. Our recycling centers strive to use best-in-class processes and equipment. We recycle waste products with the goal of reducing “dumped” materials, reclaiming as many materials as possible, and working toward a goal of zero landfill waste.

Recycling Services

With mail back recycling kits, you select the type of material you are recycling and the size of kit that works for your needs. Your prepaid kit will be shipped directly to you, including proper container, packing material (where applicable), and prepaid shipping label. 

Large Quantity Recycling

EZ on the Earth parent company Lighting Resources began in 1989 with a single fluorescent tube recycling facility in Ontario, California. A pioneer in fluorescent bulb recycling, the environmentally friendly recycling process allows individual lamp components to be repurposed while mercury is captured, refined, and kept out of landfills. Over 25 years later the company continues to be a leader in commercial recycling of lamps, batteries, ballasts, mercury-containing devices, and electronic and computer scrap.Lighting Resources now has facilities across the U.S. and a nationwide fleet of fully permitted trucks to pickup universal and related waste from our large-volume clients. Operating for over a quarter of a century, business continues to grow with increasing revenues every year and additional facilities coming online.Though we service the nation, we are still small enough to understand your localized needs. More than any other company, we invest in state-of-the-art equipment to safely recycle lamps with the goal of achieving zero landfill. Lighting Resources operates the latest generation of lamp recycling equipment throughout the United States to better protect the environment and mitigate your environmental liability.

Battery Recycling

Wondering where to recycle batteries? One phone call to (855) EARTH-55 and you can easily recycle almost any type of battery with our battery recycling kits. And, after you have shipped your batteries for recycling you can easily obtain a Certificate of Recycling online at http://certofrecycling.com/.Using EZ on the Earth recycle kits assures you that your batteries will be shipped directly to one of the largest battery smelting ovens in the world. This technology breaks batteries down in a highly controlled environment and recovers the basic metals used within the batteries. As an additional precaution we carry $5 million of pollution liability insurance. 

Batteries accepted for recycling include:

• Alkaline Batteries Non-Rechargeable Batteries
• Nickel Cadmium (NICd) Rechargeable Batteries
• Primary Lithium (Li) High Energy Non-Rechargeable Batteries including :Lithium-Sulfur Dioxide (LiSO2), Lithium Manganese Dioxide (LiMnO2), Lithium Thionyl Chloride (LiSOC12),
• Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) Rechargeable Batteries
• Silver Non Rechargeable Batteries
• Sealed Lead Acid Rechargeable Batteries
• Magnesium (Mg) Non-Rechargeable Batteries
• Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Rechargeable Batteries
• Mercuric (Hg) Non-Rechargeable Batteries

Lamp Recycling

Did you know that all fluorescent bulbs as well as High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps contain mercury and are regulated by the federal government as a universal waste? One phone call to (855) EARTH-55 and you can easily find out where to recycle light bulbs, including how to recycle fluorescent tubes and and other light bulbs with our EZ lamp recycling kits. After you ship your spent light bulbs to be recycled, you can easily retrieve a Certificate of Recycling online.All fluorescent light bulbs managed through EZ on the Earth recycle kits are processed at the many lamp recycling facilities located throughout the country owned by our parent company Lighting Resources. Because almost every aspect of the bulb recycling process is managed at our state-of-the-art facilities this limits your overall liability. And as an additional precaution we carry $5 million of pollution liability insurance.

Types of bulbs recycled:

• Fluorescent Tubes up to 8 feet in length
• Compact Fluorescent light bulbs
• Circular Fluorescent light bulbs
• U-Bend Fluorescent Tubes
• Biax bulbs
• Flood Lamps
• Incandescent light bulbs
• Halogen bulbs
• Neon, Argon and other Cold Cathode bulbs
• High Intensity Discharge (HID) bulbs
• Bi-Metal, Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium bulbs