[ale] OT: CFL recycle?

William Fragakis william at fragakis.com
Wed Dec 2 11:11:24 EST 2009


If you see the instructions for cleaning up a broken CFL you will switch
to LED as soon as your budget allows. I think they are great, we have
them all over the house, but the insides are nasty.

wf

On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:42 -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Geoffrey
> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>         Ken Cochran wrote:
>         > I wish I could find someone (reasonably local to me) who
>         > recycled BFLs (Big Fluorescent Lights), e.g. 4 & 8 foot
>         T12/T8.
>         > {sigh}  -kc
>         
>         
>         Good point.  Do they have the same issue the CFLs do?
>          (mercury)
> 
> yep!  Those have been a known problem for a long time. It was common
> to have "the janitor" take them out back and break them into the
> dumpster. Thus making the dumpster nearly eligible for EPA SuperFund
> money. 
> 
>         
>         >
>         >> Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:46:25 -0500
>         >> From: Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com>
>         >> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!"
>         <ale at ale.org>
>         >> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: CFL recycle?
>         >>
>         >> On 12/02/2009 09:35 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
>         >>> Anyone know where one can properly recycle CFLs?
>         >>>
>         >> Home Depot has advertised in the past as having bins for
>         recycling GFLs.
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