BinaryWolf

Earth Day 2006

Flourescent lamps may contain mercury. Recently I had a flourescent bulb burn out. It has been some time since I had bought any flourescent bulbs. As I was looking at the package I noticed the label that stated “Contains mercury. Dispose according to local, state or federal laws”. So my question was, where do you dispose of the burned out lamp?

Protecting our nation’s environment is of paramount concern to all Americans, as reflected in national polling results that consistently rank the environment as one of the top three priorities among consumers.

Through a single toll-free phone call to 1-800-CLEANUP or the use of the Earth 911 Web site, you can access several sections of community-specific environmental information at no cost to the user or taxpayer.

Entering in your zip code on the Earth 911 Web site will generate a list of recyclers in your vicinity that will take lamps that contains mercury.