CFLs save energy and reduce your carbon footprint, but did you know that they also contain mercury? Mercury isn’t good for human health so you shouldn’t dispose of these lamps in your garbage where they can become broken and the mercury will escape. A little drop from a broken bulb here and there can become a torrent of mercury once you multiply all the CFLs out there that are being disposed.
www.lamprecycle.org has some excellent recycling information for both commercial and residential users.
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