Yeah. Unfortunately last figure stated for Germany was 89% end up in household trash. Mercury doesn't react into something harmless in waste incinerators and cannot be filtered, it goes straight into the food chain. Politics. You have to wonder. Ecke
2011/1/18 William Robb <[email protected]>: > On 18/01/2011 10:01 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> Now that it's been decided that it's alright to have mercury in Light >> Bulbs when will we get our mercury batteries back? >> > > Yeah, that's pretty funny actually. > Ceiling Voice says: > "Did you know that compact florescent light bulbs contain mercury and as a > result should not be thrown out with your household trash? As a service to > our customers and to help the environment, we have instituted a CFL > recycling program at our stores across Canada. Just bring in your expired > CFL bulb, put it in a recycling bag and put it into the recycling bin. Your > CFL will be recycled in a responsible manner." > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
