Comments on: Recycling – CFLs – Mercury http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:44:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Linda http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/#comment-675 Linda Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:59:48 +0000 http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/#comment-675 Hi Condo ... That is great news!!! Thanks for the information! Hi Condo … That is great news!!! Thanks for the information!

]]> By: Condo Blues http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/#comment-674 Condo Blues Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:56:16 +0000 http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/#comment-674 Home Depot now takes back spent CFLs for recycling. Condo Bluess last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CondoBlues/~3/362832436/lighting-olympic-torch.html" rel="nofollow">Lighting the Olympic Torch</a> Home Depot now takes back spent CFLs for recycling.

Condo Bluess last blog post..Lighting the Olympic Torch

]]> By: Linda http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/#comment-673 Linda Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:28:44 +0000 http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/#comment-673 Hi Heath ... That someone is correct. They are coming from China and my bet is that they are not handled as "fragile"! Hi Heath … That someone is correct. They are coming from China and my bet is that they are not handled as “fragile”!

]]> By: Heath http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/#comment-672 Heath Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:37:39 +0000 http://www.forcedgreen.com/2008/08/recycling-cfls-mercury/#comment-672 "Coal-fired power generation accounts for roughly 40 percent of the mercury emissions in the U.S. The use of CFLs reduces power demand, which helps reduce mercury emissions from power plants." Very intresting. Has anyone else had problems with some (and a very few at that) CFl lights not working from the start? Someone said it was due to being knocked around in shipping. “Coal-fired power generation accounts for
roughly 40 percent of the mercury emissions in the U.S. The use of CFLs
reduces power demand, which helps reduce mercury emissions from power plants.”

Very intresting.

Has anyone else had problems with some (and a very few at that) CFl lights not working from the start? Someone said it was due to being knocked around in shipping.

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