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 Stories About: advice AND Ask Umbra AND mercury AND toxics AND waste
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Lights, at the End of the Tunnel
On CFL recycling |
Umbra Fisk |
10 Jul 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, So what happens to compact fluorescent light bulbs in the hands of the "hazardous-waste people"? Is the mercury reclaimed and reused, or merely hidden "away" (wherever that is)? John Gear Lansing, Mich. Dearest John, Great question, because why should we add to the substantial mercury problem we already face? A few disillusioned readers have now sworn off compact fluorescents for this rea ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, mercury, toxics, waste (all these topics) |
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