All this back and forth about CFLs has reawakened a question I have had for years. What about non-compact fluorescent tubes? You know, the straight ones, 2 or 4 feet long, and the circline bulbs. Don't they contain mercury too? They break pretty easily too, if disposed of in the trash. I have been saving them for years, pending resolution of the question.
Joel At 06:00 PM 6/29/08 -0400, you wrote: >Thanks to Tom Shelley for the great write-up on CFLs. I get questions >on this all the time, and it seems like certain media outlets have >been very effective in scaring people about the mercury in CFLs. I >know my mom believed every word that Rush Limbaugh had to say on the >topic. >Good news is that NYSERDA has been working on setting up collection >sites for recycling of the bulb's contents across the state. Looks >like this effort is happening in other states given Home Depot's >decision to take back CFLs in all its stores. See article below. I >believe Wegman's is doing this too in some of its stores, as is Lowe's. >Gay _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
