02-21-2007, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by scotzoidman
... fluorescent bulbs contain mercury vapor, which we do not want going into our landfills and contaminating water tables...so the answer would be to have recycling stations for fluorescent lights, right? So we have plans in place to start doing that? ...
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scotzoidman,
Here in Baltimore, we do have several fluorescent recycling services; both drop off and pick up.
While Googling the subject, I did notice that most of these services were close to cities. It makes sense that the high density urban areas would help provide the volume needed to make the services profitable. So I guess that some sort of financial incentives will be needed to make recycling attractive in areas that are more lightly populated.
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