[SmithL]

I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.

[Falcon4.0]

Don’t worry. as soon as the incandescent bulb has stopped being manufactured, the Greene’s will call for legislation criminalizing the “Improper Disposal” of CFLs.

[Cicero]

Even here in the great recycling state of Vermont, there doesn’t seem to be any way to dispose of them.

We put out our recyle stuff—paper, plastic, glass, returnables—and it’s picked up separately. But it’s all mashed up together in one truck. And no provision to separate out stuff like TVs or light bulbs.

You can make a special trip and take them to the dump, but I’m not too sure that they have the means to dispose of them properly, either.

[MrEdd]

Of course, mercury is not produced by elves in a magic tree - its part of the environment to begin with, and the amount of mercury used by man is pretty analogous to the amount of CO2 used by man.

But why get in the way of a manufactured crisis.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is nothing more than an opportunity for Congress to fine people for improper disposal of the light bulbs they forced them to buy.

Win-win!

[TexasRepublic]

I think most Post Offices have a curbside mailbox for your convenience. Just return your CFL directly to the government responsible for this mess.

[NormsRevenge]

but they meant well.. that’s all that counts.

and you wonder where the Mayans INcas and Aztecs went?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Bush’s fault.

No, really, it’s Bush’s fault. He signed that energy law banning incandescents in 2007.

PING!