Hi Tom :)
    well... PGE (local electric utility) has made great inroads on getting
us customers to switch to Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL)  to save
energy... but the down side is that DEQ is not worried about what we are
going to do about the mercury in 3-5 million of these CFL in 3-5 years when
they start dying...

    Also, I remember somewhere something about the interior coating on some
bulbs being considered HazMat???

Art "just a thot or 2 " Bahrs

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Emerson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:49 PM
Subject: [HP3000-L] Way off topic, but...


> ...I know this list [and a couple of others] are goldmines of information
of
> various and sundry topics... ;)  What I want to know is this: what is the
> proper/safe method of disposing of fluorescent lights? [4' tubes]  I seem
to
> recall someone telling me to actively break them in half before depositing
> in a trash bin "for safety reasons", but I can't for the life of me
remember
> quite why "broken" fluorescent tubes would be safer than unbroken ones.
>
> [of course, in today's day and age, I am depositing them in the
> "recyclables" bin instead of the straight trash bin as these consist of
> glass and a small amount of metal -- all recyclable materials as I
recall --
> if someone has a compelling reason NOT to use the recycle bin, I'm all
ears]
>
> Tom Emerson
>
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