Well, today a pair of 40 watt fluorescents in the kitchen finally gave up an quit. So off I went to my local big box store and bought a 2-pack of replacements. I put them in and they worked .
OK, what to do with the old ones?
On the little cardboard piece that holds the two tubes together in the store GE has the following statement.
"environmentally responsible-meets Federal EPA regulations for normal disposal"
Then on another panel on the same piece of cardboard is this statement.
"Hg - LAMP CONTAINS MERCURY" (their caps) And below that "Manage in Accord with Disposal Laws"
I wonder if anybody at GE reads this stuff. Maybe the last guy with a brain got laid off and no one left there can read.
My waste disposal company says to bring them to the hazard material drop-off location. I will do that.
Charlie