What to do with CFLs?

Jul 16, 2011 2 Replies
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Percival P. Cassidy

The procedure for dealing with broken CFLs is simple: probably the same for the fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades. Perce

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Mail 'em to your Congresscritter.



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But after Senator Daschel's brush with Anthrax, I think it's probably against some federal law to be mailing hazardous stuff to a federal official.


The procedure for dealing with broken CFLs is simple:

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and probably the same for the fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades.

Perce

I just immerse my old cfl's in the used motor oil I throw in the trash. That was the mercury can't escape. Occasionally, I'll seal them in old paint, also trashed.

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