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Light Globe Recycling Program
Council has setting up light globe recycling bins and boxes across the municipality for residents to drop off used or unwanted light bulbs, this comes as the old-style pear-shaped incandescent light globes are being phased out and will not be sold in Australia after November 2009.
The main drop-off point for residents wishing to recycle their old globes are:
- Recycling and Waste Station, Corner Burwood Highway and Morack Road, Vermont South
- Whitehorse Civic Centre, 379 – 397 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading
- Forest Hill Customer Service Centre, Forest Hill Chase, Forest Hill
- Box Hill Customer Service Centre, Box Hill Town Hall
- Neco Mega Store, 101-107 Whitehorse Road Blackburn
This service is for residents only (not commercial operations or businesses).
There are no fees or charges for residents to drop off their old globes for recycling. Council has allocated budget to cover the cost of establishing the recycling bins and for collection and processing of the redundant light globes.
CMA EcoCycle, a light globe recycling organisation have supplied Council with the bins and boxes to collect the light globes. The globes will then be taken to a recycling plant where almost all of the globe’s components are recycled. Please download the following brochure for further information on the recycling process involved: 
CMA Eco Cycle Fluoro and Lamp Recycling Brochure (2.90MB)