Fairies come and take the old CFLs away. At least that’s what I figure must be happening because I certainly wouldn’t want to break the law.
My second cousin twice removed has a third cousin with a friend who says his wife’s best friend says she just tosses the dammed things in the trash (rumor, of course).
You know, of course, if you drop one of these suckers and it breaks, you are supposed to contact your local fire department and inform them you have a hazmat incident.
I can imagine this excites the local FDs no end. Ten or fifteen times a week they get to don their hazmat suits to collect the remnants of dropped light bulbs.