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Flourescent bulbs - proper disposal?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 138997" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Thats an interesting article. I only use these kind of bulbs (cept for the odd lamp where the shade goes over the bulb itself, or in the bathrooms where I have the bar of lights above the mirror - I am always replacing those darn things at 5.00 or so a pop. In all the years I have been using them the new bulbs, going on 5 years, I maybe have replaced a total of three. And my electric bill has gone down over 25.00 a month since I have been using them. But I was not aware of the mercury problem. I wouldn't mind paying a crv like I do on bottles and cans and taking them to a recycling center - am sure they will come up with some sort of recycling idea.</p><p> </p><p>When I read the article, I had to go listen to see if I could hear the bulbs make a noise LOL and I didn' hear a thing. As far as it taking a while to go to full blown light, thats fine with me. I find my self waundering around the house in the middle of the night, and the slow warm up is kinder to my eyes.</p><p> </p><p>The only thing I don't like is they look sorta funky in ceiling fan lights. They are trying to pass a law here that these new bulbs are the only ones that can be sold, but haven't had much success in getting support for it.</p><p> </p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 138997, member: 47"] Thats an interesting article. I only use these kind of bulbs (cept for the odd lamp where the shade goes over the bulb itself, or in the bathrooms where I have the bar of lights above the mirror - I am always replacing those darn things at 5.00 or so a pop. In all the years I have been using them the new bulbs, going on 5 years, I maybe have replaced a total of three. And my electric bill has gone down over 25.00 a month since I have been using them. But I was not aware of the mercury problem. I wouldn't mind paying a crv like I do on bottles and cans and taking them to a recycling center - am sure they will come up with some sort of recycling idea. When I read the article, I had to go listen to see if I could hear the bulbs make a noise LOL and I didn' hear a thing. As far as it taking a while to go to full blown light, thats fine with me. I find my self waundering around the house in the middle of the night, and the slow warm up is kinder to my eyes. The only thing I don't like is they look sorta funky in ceiling fan lights. They are trying to pass a law here that these new bulbs are the only ones that can be sold, but haven't had much success in getting support for it. Marcie [/QUOTE]
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