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	Resources for Recycling or Proper Disposal of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) NOTE: Residential recycling programs are not yet available in all regions CFL Recycling Kit CFL Recycling Bin The following links have information regarding how to recycle or properly dispose of CFLs: www.epa.gov/bulbrecycling www.earth911.org www.lamprecycle.org If you cannot find a recycling or disposal center in your area, call your local government or look on the Internet or in the phone book for your local or municipal government entity responsible for waste collection or household hazardous waste. Some states permit used or broken CFLs in the garbage. If your state allows this practice, seal the bulb in two plastic bags and put it into the outside trash, or other protected outside location, for the next normal trash collection. CFLs should not be disposed of in an incinerator. Even though mercury from the broken CFL is not likely to be dangerous, it would be wise to take extra precautions to minimize mercury exposures. The US EPA publishes guidelines about the specific steps that you should take to clean up mercury in the event that a CFL breaks in your home. Briefly, the EPA recommends that (1) you immediately open windows to reduce mercury concentrations inside your home; (2) you do not touch the spilled mercury; (3) you clean up the broken CFL glass carefully and immediately (but not with your hands or a vacuum cleaner), and (4) you wipe the affected area with a paper towel to remove all glass fragments and mercury. EPA further recommends that you place the paper towel and glass fragments in a sealed plastic bag and bring the sealed bag to your local Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Site. Article on CFLs and Mercury.

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