On 8/25/2009 6:43 PM Don Klipstein spake thus:

In m, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

3. Disposal costs:
o Actual physical disposal (recycling, landfilling) costs

I somewhat remember landfilling costing Philaelphia around $70/ton
around 1990 or earlier in the 1990's - could be more like $100/ton now.
Plus maybe a few dollars per ton to transport trash to the landfill.

If you take your dead CFLs with you to Home Depot next time you go
there, proper recycling does not cost you anything. I hope the actual
cost is included in the price Home Depot charges for their CFLs.

Keep in mind that in this (hypothetical) "Grand Study" it's the total
costs to *everybody* that count, not just what it costs *me* as a
consumer. I know I can recycle my CFLs at a number of places (Home
Depot, Ikea, etc.) for free; what I'm after here is the actual cost of
transporting, storing, dismembering, sorting, and ultimately disposing
of the remains: recycling what can be recycled and landfilling the rest.
Including any energy expended in doing so.

I doubt if you or anyone else here has a figure for that, but it's a
real cost, one I think would be helpful to know. (I would be interested
in your educated guess.)


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