Tim Downie wrote:

Seriously, I phoned my council about how to disposed of domestic fluorescent
tubes. For long ones, they suggested bagging it, breaking it, and stuffing
it in the regular non-recycleable waste bin.

Do other councils have special collection points for them?

Ours does, at the local dump / recycling depot - there's a long
open-ended steel box, a bit like a large coffin, into which you slide
them. Stands in between the containers for TVs/PC monitors and the one
for fridges, and next to the little skip-ette for batteries!

David