Comments on: How Do I Clean Up After A Broken CFL?

By: Surfin’ the Net: 10/10 | Organizing Your Way

Surfin’ the Net: 10/10 | Organizing Your Way — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:13:27 +0000

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By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:44:51 +0000

Agreed!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:05:31 +0000

There’s no point jumping blindly on any old bandwagon…

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:57:23 +0000

Yeah, and candles just aren’t bright enough!
I dunno, maybe we should all just go to bed earlier? I’d be on board for that one!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:21:20 +0000

We have had massive national campaigns to replace old lightbulbs with these light bulbs – including the government coming and fitting out your house for free at one stage.

I have read though, that due to the mercury content, these lightbulbs will cause a major environmental problem in the coming years, more so than the carbon consumption of older style bulbs. There are going to be hundreds of thousands (millions) of these bulbs ending up in landfill and leaking mercury into the soil and underlying water table – not so good.

What do you do? You try to do the right thing…