TRITIUM ILLUMINATION DEVICES

The purpose of this advisory is to provide a list of manufacturers who can be contacted for the return and disposal of consumer product/devices that contain tritium. Examples of such items include tritium exit signs, wristwatches and compasses.

If such products/devices are not disposed of properly, they may fall into the hands of individuals who are not aware of the hazards associated with damaging or disassembling them.

The inclusion of this list does not imply endorsement or recommendation by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or any other State Agency. The absence of a firm’s name does not indicate the Department has judged the firm unsuitable to provide such services. The listing is current and complete, according to the information made available to the Department. The following list is supplied for informational purposes only.

• Best Lighting, now Forever-Lite, NV, send requests to Max Malone by fax, 702/644-0347
• Emerg-Light; returns through Isolight
• Evenlite, MD, 800/872-0879 or 215/244-4204, fax 215/244-4208, kmcinerny@evenlite.com $0 for trade-in else $65, any Mfg.
• Halliburton, OK, Steve Woods, 580/251-3936, fax 580/251-3969
• Isolite, PA, Nicole Seydel, 800/888-5483 or 610/647-8200, fax 610/296-8952, e-mail nseydel@isolite.com $0 for trade in, else $75, any Mfg. (Light tubes go to Canada)
• Litton Optic-Electronic, TX, military devices, return through U.S. military
• M.B. Microtec, NY, return products through NRD Corp. lights, tubes, diverse devices accepted under individual contract. (recycle in Switz.)
• M.F. Physics, Co, (now ThermoElectron), 719/598-9549, fax 719/598-2599, e-mail neutrons@mfphysics.com neutron generators.
• NRD, NY, Customer Service, 716/773-7634, fax 716/773-7744, e-mail nrdinc.com acceptance fee varies (light tubes returned to M.B. Mikrotek, Switzerland.)
• Self-Powered Lighting, NY, Dan Platte, 484/595-9130, fax-9135, e-mail dplatte@self.powered.com Light trade-in $0, else *$75, any Mfg.
• Sign-Tex, MD, address requests to Joe Hegarty, fax 410/827-8866.
• SRB Technology, NC, Susan Dinkens, 336/659-2610, fax 336/768-7720, e-mail jim@srbtechnologies.com light trade-in $0, else $50 for an SRB, $100 for other Mfg's device. Light tubes to Saunders-Rowe in Ontario for H-3 recovery.
• Safety-Light, PA (was U.S. Radium), 570/784-4344; all returns must be arranged through Isolite (recycling in a Canadian branch of Safety-Light)
• Stocker & Yale, NH; returns through Cammenga Co., MI, 616/392-7999, fax -9432, cammenga@cammenga.com H-3 dial watchs and compasses.
• 3M, St. Paul MN, Fred Entwistle, 651/736-0740, fax 651/736-2285, e-mail fbentwistle@mmm.com static meters; H-3 recycled through NSSI.
• U.S. military, Rock Is. IL, 309/782-0338, fax 309/782-2988, e-mail crooksk@osc.army.mil
• NSSI, TX, 713/641-0391, offers to recycle diverse forms of H-3.
• Lawrence Livermore Lab, CA, may accept H-3 gas lights etc. of substantial quantity, military or civilian contact Mark Mintz, fax 925/423-1787, e-mail mintz1@llnl.gov