Newly Expanded Recycling Program Keeps Pollutants Out Of Landfills
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Grainger Industrial Supply
announced today the availability of its national recycling program for
hazardous mercury-bearing fluorescent and high intensity discharge (HID) lamps
and batteries. The company is making it easy for its customers to be green
through this new program. Grainger Industrial Supply, a division of W.W.
Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW), is America's leading commercial lighting
distributor.
When customers purchase recycling kits, they receive a special approved
container, pre-printed instructions, a toll-free number for pickup, and a
certificate of reclamation. Using this program, customers can be assured they
are providing environmentally safe disposal of their products, keeping
landfills safe from the hazards mercury can create when improperly discarded.
This all-inclusive recycling program also helps customers comply with the
new EPA Universal Waste Rule, effective Jan. 6, 2000, which clearly identifies
spent fluorescent and HID lamps as hazardous waste and encourages recycling by
streamlining storage, transportation, and record keeping. Customers benefit
from the fact that Grainger Industrial Supply has partnered with a reliable
recycling company, Global Recycling Technologies, Inc.
"Our recycling program is efficient and economical," says Bob Thrush,
Grainger Industrial Supply Vice President, Product Management. "We make it
easy to be environmentally-friendly and be in regulatory compliance." For
more information about this program, contact your local branch. A branch
listing is available at http://www.grainger.com .
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW), with 1998 sales of $4.3 billion, is the leading
North American provider of maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) supplies
and related information to businesses and institutions. GWW shares are traded
on the New York and Chicago stock exchanges. For more information, visit
Grainger on-line at http://www.grainger.com .
SOURCE W.W. Grainger, Inc.
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