Mercury is bad for you. Very bad. And it’s equally bad for most animals and plants.
CFL light bulbs contain mercury.
That means no-one should buy or use them, right? Wrong. Read on to find out why.
Don’t get me wrong – CFL light bulbs are still hazardous waste. I just think the whole mercury issue has been [...]
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I’ve recently written a couple of posts about lighting and energy efficiency – one about the most common types of light bulbs and one with more specific information about LED bulbs.
What these two posts don’t mention, though, is the best way of all to reduce the amount of energy you use for lighting: switching the [...]
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Light bulbs contain toxic heavy metals and other unpleasant substances. Therefore, they should be handled with care and treated as hazardous waste.
For simplicity’s sake, we’ll divide the bulbs into three groups:
Incandescent bulbs
LED bulbs
Everything else
Incandescent bulbs
Incandescent bulbs contain lead levels exceeding hazardous waste limits. If they’re thrown away in the regular garbage, this lead will sooner [...]
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