Actually for the last few years ( in the US) all fluorescent tubes and
other discharge bulbs ( unless they are the newer low mercury type, with
GREEN markings), are supposed to be recycled. At my job we use many thousand
a year, and yes, we do recycle all the non low mercury ones, we put them in
special containers and then they are picked up for mercury recovery..the
hazardous waste company we use for this is Safety clean. I don't pay the
bill but I understand it's actually quite expensive though, unfortunately.


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Mike S.

"willshak" wrote in message
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How many fluorescent tubes are there in major buildings?.What should be
done with them? Should we have hazardous waste companies that deal with
fluorescent lamps? How much would you pay extra for new lamps to offset
this extra cost?
If you go to a large hotel chain like the Hilton, you will find that all
the sconce lamps in the hallways have been replaced with CFLs. They said
it saves them millions of $ a year.