Title: [GreenYes] Re: Guidelines for CFL Giveaways
I've been thinking about this for a while. Have come to the
conclusion that all CFLs ought to have a protective outer casing--as
many already do.
I've broken, and seen broken, quite a few of the usual spiral kind,
but have never broken the tube of a covered one.
What do others think about this?
Alan
At 07:08 PM 4/18/2008 -0400, Bill Sheehan wrote:
>Giving away compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) is a popular activity -
>especially around Earth Day -- to help reduce energy use and global warming
>impacts. But the bulbs contain mercury and there is little effective
>collection infrastructure for spent bulbs. The attached 3 page fact sheet,
>Guidelines for Selecting, Distributing and Recycling
>Environmentally-Preferable Light Bulbs During Mass Giveaways, gives advice
>on selecting the least toxic, most energy-efficient bulbs and for developing
>the private take-back infrastructure need to recover them at end of life. It
>was produced by the Sierra Club <http://www.sierraclub.org/cfl/> , Green
>Purchasing Institute, Product Policy Institute
><http://www.productpolicy.org/> and Mercury Policy Project
><http://www.mercurypolicy.org/> .
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>Bill Sheehan
>Executive Director
>Product Policy Institute
>P.O. Box 48433
>Athens, GA 30604 USA
>Tel: 706-613-0710
>Email: bill@no.address
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