And yet people have been disposing of the tube flourescent bulbs in normal trash for years, even though they have a much larger (although still minimal) amount of mercury.
Imagine the scare we could have telling people that if that shop light bulb in their garage falls on the floor, they may have to hire a specialist to clean the mercury vapor out of their cars.
Don't say that! Where do you think the ideas for these crackbrained nanny-state regulations come from? I wouldn't be surprised to find out that a significant fraction of them started as a joke. (But they all come to that in the end.)