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To: Red Badger
If you read the directions on how to dispose of the used bulbs, that is exactly what they say to do. Put the used bulb in a glass jar or zip loc bag and toss it in the trash.

No place I know of has a collection drop off.

8 posted on 03/09/2012 6:49:26 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Beagle8U

I don’t use CFLs so I don’t know the answer. Do they really say to dispose of a broken mercury-filled bulb in a glass jar or a ziploc plastic bag, and to put it in the regular trash? That makes no sense. I can easily see the glass jar being broken on the way to the landfill, and the plastic baggie being torn open with other shards of glass, not to mention many other items thrown away. Voila...the mercury is dispersed! What a great idea the CFLs were! (sarc)


21 posted on 03/09/2012 7:47:56 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: Beagle8U

Home Depot has a drop off.


24 posted on 03/09/2012 8:38:36 AM PST by Jagermonster (TANSTAAFL)
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