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Most laws (I believe) require commercial users to dispose of them through
approved recyclers. Residential is often a problem, though, requiring
going to a hazardous waste drop off. But then again, the # of tubular
fluorescents used residentially is minuscule compared to
commercial.<br><br>
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At 11:18 AM 2/22/2013, Clarke Olsen wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">The interest in CFL's has
obscured the old problem of what to do with tube fluorescent bulbs, still
the most efficient lights.<br>
Who is recycling those?<br>
Clarke Olsen<br>
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373 route 203<br>
Spencertown, NY 12165 <br>
USA<br>
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colsen@taconic.net<br><br>
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On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Eli Talking wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">We have been encouraged to use
CFL bulbs to save energy which reduces pollution from the reduced
production of power that it would take to feed that same amount of light
of incandescent bulbs. However, the mercury contained within is an
environmental threat. I felt incomplete when there was no way to
dispose of burnt out bulbs until Lowe’s starting taking them
locally. However, how should we clean up the inevitable breakage in
the home. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl">
http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl</a><br>
<br>
describes the EPA’s answer to that. <br>
<br>
My wife has picked up on this threat and has insisted we return to the
inefficient incandescent. <br>
<br>
Thoughts are appreciated on the response to the threat of broken cfl
bulbs. <br>
<br>
Are LED lights ready to replace the common side lamps? <br>
<br>
Eli<br>
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