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How do I currently recycle my CFL?
There are several ways to recycle your CFL:
Take advantage of local recycling options through your municipal landfill or transfer station. Many towns or counties also have household hazardous waste collection days where LED tubes can be dropped off for recycling.
What do I do if a CFL breaks in my house?
It is important to minimize the exposure, by contact or inhalation, of humans and pets to mercury. These simple clean-up instructions will help to ensure safe handling of broken CFLs:
Before clean-up make sure you ventilate the room. Make sure that people and pets leave the room, and don't let anyone walk through the breakage area for 15 minutes. Be sure to open a window and shut off the forced-air heating or air conditioning system.
Clean-up on hard surfaces. Using stiff paper or cardboard, carefully scoop up glass fragments and powder and place them in a container, preferably a glass jar with a metal lid (such as a canning jar). Use sticky tape (such as duct tape) to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder. Wipe the area clean with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes and place them in the container. DO NOT use a vacuum or broom to clean up the broken bulb on hard surfaces, since this will spread the particles around the room.
Clean-up on carpets or rugs. Carefully pick up glass fragments and place them in a container, preferably a glass jar with a metal lid (such as a canning jar). Use sticky tape (such as duct tape) to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder. If vacuuming is needed after all visible materials are removed, vacuum only the area where the bulb was broken. Remove the vacuum bag (or empty and wipe the canister) and put the bag or vacuum debris in two sealed plastic bags. It is important to discard the bag and wipe out the canister with a damp cloth before using the machine again.
Disposal of clean-up materials. Immediately place all clean-up materials outside the building in a trash container or outdoor protected area for the next normal trash disposal day. Wash your hands after disposing of the jars or plastic bags containing clean-up materials.
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We've been sold a scam. They do not last anything like claimed!!! Hazardous, and a blight on Humanity.
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Please ...a little over the top . the amount of mercury is so small and will not produce a health hazard
Just vacuum it up ... for the record Mercury in the liquid form is not dangerous ,its only dangerous in the vapour form and needs to be heated for this to occur
In reality you could theoretically drink a small amount of Mercury and it would just pass through your body without and side affects. but saying this i would still clean up carefully .
also dispose correctly at designated sites ..it amuses me that everyone worries about these globes when office fluro's that have been around for ages have a greater amount of Mercury and phosphorous coating and the phosphorous coating is far more dangerous then the Mercury
The OP was a spammer.
I removed the links promoting sales of products on his website from this and another of his posts.
I left this thread as there is some good info relating to safety cleaning up broken CFL's however, as chrismurphy rightly points out, this should have already been common knowledge with fluoro's having been part of our lives for decades.
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