The Low Down On Green Living
June 25th, 2008
Home Depot Will Recycle Your Used CF Bulbs
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Home Depot has just announced a couple of important green initiatives. First, they will now be accepting all compact fluorescent bulbs for recycling in their stores in the U.S. and Canada. This is be offering in over 2,100 stores, so it’s a major step in the right direction.
At each Home Depot store, customers can simply bring in any expired, unbroken CFL bulbs, and give them to the store associate behind the returns desk. The bulbs will then be managed responsibly by an environmental management company who will coordinate CFL packaging, transportation and recycling to maximize safety and ensure environmental compliance.
In addition to the CFL recycling program, The Home Depot has also launched an in-store energy conservation program to switch light fixture showrooms in U.S. stores from incandescent bulbs to CFLs by Fall 2008. This is another great sustainability measure and they believe it will also save the company $16 million annually in energy costs.
And another important public service message: please do not give up on CF bulbs because they contain mercury! Lots of people seem to have been unnecessarily scared off of these energy-saving bulbs because of mercury. They contain only trace amounts and are SAFE for use in your home! Please click here to read more on this topic. You can also learn more about it from the EPA.
Find great CF and other energy-saving lighting options here.
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Rita Harl
July 15th, 2008 at 5:41 am
Your website asks us not give up on CF bulbs because of the mercury!! but you will accept on UNBROKEN CF bulbs. How do we dispose of the broken ones??? I am told it is quite hazerdous when they break and special precautions must be taken.
Rita Harl
July 15th, 2008 at 5:45 am
My previous email should have said “Your website asks us not to give up on CF bulbs because of the mercury. However, you will NOT accept UNBROKEN CF bulbs. Why?? How are we, the consumer, to dispose of them? I am told it is quite hazerdous when they break and that special procedures must be followed…”
Jessica Jensen
July 15th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Hello Rita– here is a link to an article we did on how to safely dipose of CF bulbs. Let me know if this doesn’t answer your questions.
http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2008/01/30/dispose-of-compact-fluorescent-bulbs/
Thank you!
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