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Steve Barker wrote in news:rLSdnS_
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On 11/16/2011 7:51 AM, JP wrote:
read the box
the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn
out.



LMAO!! i've been throwing them out the usual way. along with the
100-150 8' tubes i bust in the dumpster each year.


I have played with enough metallic mercury for a lifetime (and a lifetime
of fun!), but I do not like mercury in a landfill where it can become an
organic, and VERY poisonous compound.

PLEASE, dispose of fluorescent lights properly!!!

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