Community Chat

[croemer]

Faux candles anyone?

[JustJules]

On 1/3/2014 Dagna said:

I love the EPA's advice that you should dispose of them properly - but if your community doesn't have this set up, just throw them in your trash.

I guess some landfills are ok to pollute.

• Promptly place all bulb debris and cleanup materials, including vacuum cleaner bags, outdoors in a trash container or protected area until materials can be disposed of. Avoid leaving any bulb fragments or cleanup materials indoors.
• Next, check with your local government about disposal requirements in your area, because some localities require fluorescent bulbs (broken or unbroken) be taken to a local recycling center. If there is no such requirement in your area, you can dispose of the materials with your household trash.

http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl

More toxic waste created under the guise of saving money. At least the old bulbs are just glass and some places even recycle them.

[Ismilealot]

Ah yes, the old govt mandated "squiggly" bulbs. Gotta love it!! Stock up now, the "old-fashioned" 60 watt bulbs are flying off the shelves here.

[JustJules]

On 1/3/2014 croemer said:

Faux candles anyone?

Our grandparents and great grandparents didn't have these worries. I think sometimes our technology creates more problems for us than benefits.

[croemer]

On 1/3/2014 Ismilealot said:

Ah yes, the old govt mandated "squiggly" bulbs. Gotta love it!! Stock up now, the "old-fashioned" 60 watt bulbs are flying off the shelves here.

ITA to you, Jules and Dagna.

[RetRN]

On 1/3/2014 brii said:

I won't use them.

It sounds like a major hassle.

But they are going to quit making them. I don't see any alternative.

[biancardi]

what do you all do when your thermometer breaks?

[MaggieToo]

I've had two burn out within a matter of months. I thought they were supposed to last a very long time. They weren't even a year old. I have them sitting on a shelf along with a whole jar of dead batteries. Guess I'll have to look up how to dispose of them.

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On 1/3/2014 biancardi said:

what do you all do when your thermometer breaks?

Mines digital so I throw it away.

[JustJules]

On 1/3/2014 biancardi said:

what do you all do when your thermometer breaks?

I use some tinfoil and scoop it up and throw it away in the trash (don't tell the EPA!). I haven't broken one in a long time though. When I was little my parents broke one, I remember my dad putting the mercury in a small glass medicine jar for me to play with. We would shake it up, watch it separate and glob back together. I found it fascinating but he never let me touch it.