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Household Hints & Help

Fridays Child

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2. Is there a hazardous materials waste site near you>

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 12:37 PM

Mar 2015

Here's the EPA recommendation:

EPA recommends that consumers take advantage of available local options for recycling CFLs, fluorescent bulbs and other bulbs that contain mercury, and all other household hazardous wastes, rather than disposing of them in regular household trash.

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How do you properly dispose of the "new" squiggly light bulbs? [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 2015 OP

Varies per state. valerief Mar 2015 #1

Is there a hazardous materials waste site near you> Fridays Child Mar 2015 #2

My Lowe's hardware store has a bin Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #3

Thank you to all of you. no_hypocrisy Mar 2015 #4

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #5

those are the old light bulbs. Baobab Mar 2016 #6

HOME DEPOT has a recycle bin as well! I'm switching to LED as the squiggles die off! nt MADem May 2016 #7