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Posted by willshak on September 19, 2007, 4:08 pm
on 9/19/2007 2:01 PM RickH said the following:
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>>
>>>> Power saver bulbs not only use 80% less power for
>>>> the same light output but last for up to eight years
>>>>
>>> But also contain mercury that should not go into landfills.
>>>
>> Yup: And repeating myself for the umpteenth time;
>>
>> A check with our local municipality advised that CFLs are (like the
>> longer fluorescent tubes etc.) "Hazardous Waste" and trash collectors
>> can refuse to take them!
>> Although most people will probably just chuck the occasional one in
>> with the regular waste and they will go unnoticed!
>>
>> I guess that's a few more poisoned fish in our lakes and oceans? The
>> drainage from our biggest dump in this part of North America, often a
>> horrible orange stream, drains right into the Atlantic Ocean!
>>
>> But hey; it's along with all those human discarded part used DDT, 24D
>> (Agent Orange) and anti-dandelion and other herbicide/insecticide
>> chemicals.
>>
>
> I dont see any hazardous material warnings at the Home Depot lighting
> aisle, nor prominant on the packaging that I can remember. Maybe the
> package tells you it's hazardous if it pops, but that is in the "small
> print".
If it pops, and all that mercury flows out, just think of the horror!
All those moths crashing to the ground.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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