Monday, July 7, 2008

Home Depot Recycles CFLs

Changing out a few lightbulbs never sounded so good and those CFLs just got a little sweeter. While Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs are great because they use 75% less energy than a normal lightbulb and last 10 times as long, they also contain mercury (yuck) which means that they are toxic to just throw in a normal trash can when they break.

Never fear, Home Depot now offers a free recycling program where they will take those broken CFLs in for free and recycle them.

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