[Durham INC] Mercury in new light bulbs not being recycled, escaping to environment

[Joshua Allen]

I think the point is to make it easier to recycle them instead of
asking everyone to drive to hazardous waste.

On Wednesday, April 6, 2011, Pat Carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> The point of the article seems mostly to be to ask folks to be responsible in their disposal of compact fluorescent lights.
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> Of course, in a state like NC that gets about 1/2 of its energy from coal, and with the current regulations on what can come out of a coal-fired plant's smokestack, there is more mercury released from coal burned to make power to light the old incandescent light-bulbs than in the CFL's.  The exact calculations vary -- newer CFLs have less Hg for one thing, and some people leave their CFLs on more -- but if you google the words lights mercury and coal, you'll get a selection of answers.
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> That said, I think banning incandescent bulbs is silly.  My short-hand for this kind of thing is, "It just annoys the alligators."  But I'm sure some legislators feel like they got brownie points for it.
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> Regards, pat
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>> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 00:16:30 -0400
>> From: randy at 27beverly.com
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>> Link below to all about the issue.
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>> http://www.energycentral.com/generationstorage/environmentalemissionsandcarbonmanagement/news/en/19481032/Mercury-in-new-light-bulbs-not-being-recycled-escaping-to-environment
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Joshua