01-12-2008, 10:59 AM
The mercury is in fluorescent lights is NOT safe, and is why they should be disposed of at the Household Hazardous Waste collections (The mercury in them is what makes them hazaroudous waste that should not be disposed of in your normal garbage, ANYWHERE!).
Please be smart & DO NOT CRUSH fluorescent lamps, no mattter what is posted above...
There are newer technologies lamps (including LED lamps) that have a much gentler impact on the environment than even the newer Fluorescents (that have vastly reduced, but not eliminated the mercury content)
Please be smart & DO NOT CRUSH fluorescent lamps, no mattter what is posted above...
There are newer technologies lamps (including LED lamps) that have a much gentler impact on the environment than even the newer Fluorescents (that have vastly reduced, but not eliminated the mercury content)