recycling

Recycling Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs (CFLs)

Recycling Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs (CFLs) I read in Scientific American that Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs (CFLs) contain mercury, and some US stores/states have recylcing programmes at stores or kiosks. I didn’t realise they contained mercury, and probably would have just thrown them in the bin with my other rubbish. Links: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs at energystar.gov Compact fluorescent lamp at Wikipedia Toxic Mercury In CFL Bulbs lamprecycle.org (not much use here in the UK)