On 7/16/2011 12:03 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 07/16/11 11:54 am, HeyBub wrote:

Mail 'em to your Congresscritter.

http://christopherfountain.com/2011/07/15/fire-away/

But after Senator Daschel's brush with Anthrax, I think it's probably
against some federal law to be mailing hazardous stuff to a federal
official.

The procedure for dealing with broken CFLs is simple:

http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html

and probably the same for the fluorescent tubes we've been using for
decades.

Perce

I just immerse my old cfl's in the used motor oil I throw in the trash.
That was the mercury can't escape. Occasionally, I'll seal them in old
paint, also trashed.