On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:45:39 +0000, clumsy ******* wrote:

PeterC wrote:

My local tip - sorry, recycling centre - has a wheelie bin for CFLs.

I will check at mine

(It also has a bin for dead cells - bit worrying if it gets a load of
not-too-dead NiCads in it!).

ohhhh dear, hadnt thought of that, how would you put it out?

When NiCads get hot they can give of cadmium and that has a nasty effect on
the bones. A Japanese chap did it with some button cells and coins in his
pocket and there was a bad effect on his femur.
Cadmium is very nasty.
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.