Recycling CF bulbs – good move
I just read this from the grist.org news letter. I think it is great. While CF bulbs use less energy they contain toxins that should not go into the environment including mercury. Now with Home Depot moving to a recycling program these toxins will stay out of the landfill once people are made aware of the program.
Home Depot Improvement
Home Depot will collect CFLs for recycling
Home Depot announced last week that it will collect compact fluorescent light bulbs and send them off to be recycled. The home-improvement behemoth hopes the new program will keep the bulbs, which contain a small amount of mercury, out of household trash and recycling bins. IKEA also collects CFLs for recycling but doesn’t have the market saturation of Home Depot; more than three-quarters of U.S. households are estimated to be within 10 miles of a Home Depot store. The company’s 1,973 U.S. stores will also switch to CFLs in light-fixture showrooms by the fall, a move expected to save it $16 million annually in energy costs.
