[ale] OT: CFL recycle?

[Greg Clifton]

Atlanta Light Bulb @ 20?? Mountain Industrial Blvd, Tucker (corner of Mtn.
Ind. & Granite Dr.) used to accept all manner of fluorescent bulbs. And yes,
ALL fluorescent bulbs contain a small amount of mercury. I have both
fluorescent and LED in my home. Never had a CFL last the claimed 5-7 yrs.
LEDs are great (way more efficient) but not so bright and the light quality
isn't there yet for most applications. Warm white LEDs have only come
available in the past yr. or so and they are a big improvement, but a bit
pricey. Love them for Christmas lights!
GC


On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:11 AM, William Fragakis <william at fragakis.com>wrote:

> 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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