Entries Tagged as 'compact fluorescent bulbs'

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Q&A: Easy Ways to Recycle CFLs

A few months ago I wrote a post called “The FYI on CFL Recycling.” This post offered a few basic ideas on where and how to recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs, or CFLs. You want to recycle them because they contain trace amounts of mercury, which is considered to be hazardous waste. And hazardous waste [...]

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Sunday, November 18th, 2007

A Real Turn Off

Donna Summer didn’t have it quite right when she sang “Dim all the lights, sweet darling,” in her 1979 disco hit called “Dim All The Lights” (though installing dimmers can significantly cut your energy use, so says the National Geographic Green Guide). No, if you really want to save money on your electric bills, you’ve [...]

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Filed under American Lighting Association, CFL, Dim All the Lights, Donna Summer, National Geographic The Green Guide, PECO, compact fluorescent bulbs, incandescent bulbs, kilowatts