Lots of Philips QL lamps at the lamp recycling bin

I turned up to one of my regular lamp bins today and instead of the bin being there there was a massive tube pile and some plastic tubs filled with smaller lamps. They were all filthy and looked like they had been outside for ages so I have no idea what the story behind them ending up there was... Anyway, there were a lot of these Philips QL lamps (I saved 3 of them).