[ale] OT: Disposal of standard fluorescent lamps?

[Jerald Sheets]

It appears that's what most contractors do, too.

I cannot tell you the number of those I find in our company trash (and previous companies I've worked for)


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On Mar 28, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Ken Cochran wrote:

> I've yet to find anyone (at least anyone within an hour's
> drive of me) who'll take 4-foot linear fluorescents.  I box
> them as I replace them & just tossed something like 3 boxes
> (that's 30 to a box) into the dump.  Ran out of space to keep
> them, waiting on finding a recycler.  :(  -kc
> 
>> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:29:31 -0400
>> From: Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Disposal of standard fluorescent lamps?
>> 
>> Good luck with this.  I researched extensively last fall and could not
>> find a place in the Atlanta metro area that will take household
>> quantities (e.g. 4-10) of fluorescent bulbs.   After deciding that
>> they were too hazardous for my back yard I wound up feeding them into
>> the waste stream.  Ugh.
>> 
>> -- CHS
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Geoffrey Myers
>> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>>> Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>>>> On one site Home Depot talks about tubes and call them bulbs in the same
>>>> sentence:
>>>> "Tube fluorescent bulbs are ideal for large rooms or commercial
>>>> installations. They come in linear, U-shaped and circline designs, with
>>>> single, bi and 4-pin configurations. Tube fluorescent bulbs require an
>>>> electronic ballast, a device that regulates the flow of electricity."
>>>> 
>>>> On that same site they say they recycle "fluorescent bulbs" and don't
>>>> single those out to be CFLs.   The confusion comes in because they call
>>>> the tubes "bulbs" as well.
>>> 
>>> I inquired as such at Home Depot, and was told they don't take the
>>> non-CFL bulbs.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Watson, Keith
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:10 AM
>>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>>> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Disposal of standard fluorescent lamps?
>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Geoffrey Myers
>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 09:05
>>>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>>>> Subject: [ale] OT: Disposal of standard fluorescent lamps?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know Home Depot will take CFLs, but does anyone know how you're
>>>>> supposed to dispose of standard (4') fluorescent lamps?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>>>> 
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>>>> Last I checked Home Depot will take them as well. You can also search
>>>> for recycling centers here:
>>>> 
>>>> http://earth911.com/
>>>> 
>>>> keith
>>>> --
>>>> Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
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>>>> (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
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