Recycle: CFL Lightbulbs
August 6, 2009 at 11:19 pm 4 comments
Earlier today, @LighterFootstep tweeted that in three years of using CFLs (those squiggly lightbulbs that save energy and money), not one had needed replacing. That’s pretty cool, and valid – mine haven’t needed to be replaced either, although I don’t think it’s been a full three years we’ve been using them yet. We just replace our regular bulbs with CFLs as they blow.
Talking about replacing them got me thinking about recycling them though, and lo and behold, Lighter Footstep has a challenge going (kind of like a pledge) over at their site. CFLs have mercury, and need to be recycled sustainably so the toxic chemical doesn’t screw over the world. The challenge asks that you pledge to become a CFL Recycling Superhero.
Take the CFL Recycling challenge at Lighter Footstep.
I’m all for that.
Brisbanites, check here to see where you can recycle your CFLs. Everyone else – google, or look in that article I mentioned if you’re American. I know we’ll end up at Ikea – what better excuse for a couple of eco lesbos to take a trip to the dykiest furniture store ever, than recycling lightbulbs?
Entry filed under: Recycle. Tags: broken items, chemicals, e-waste, environmental benefits, land use, low impact, mining.
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Yankee Elv | August 7, 2009 at 12:05 pm
That’s cause I’m the one who replaces the light bulbs – I had to replace the CFL one in the living room a few days before my parents visited. I was very surprised it had burnt out already.
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Aussie Elv | August 7, 2009 at 6:51 pm
That’s not always the case – I changed the one on the verandah and the one in the bedroom. That is a really short amount of time for the bulb to last though… maybe only a year, you think?
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Simon Hardeman and Spike Breakwell | August 31, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Thomas Edison
Invented the lightbulb. Without it he couldn’t see how to work his phonograph.
Incandescent
Mrs Edison was very, very cross at the amount of time her husband was spending in the outhouse.
Filament
What Mr Edison’s marriage hung by.
Electric current
Early attempts to fit dried fruit with a plug failed to produce much illumination.
Voltage
You have to be over 18 to buy a bulb.
more at http://www.thebeginners.net
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Aussie Elv | August 31, 2009 at 10:03 pm
This comment has pretty much nothing to do with my post… but I thought the post you linked to was quite amusing, so the comment stays. Good effort. lol.