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T-12 4 ft Fluorescent Tube Disposal
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter,
T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? -- Why is it that the people who want more government control over your life are the same ones who want you to be disarmed? |
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On 8/2/2020 1:55 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? There are places that take them. Check with your local recycle company, industrial electric suppliers and the like. There may be some state resource center you can call. Looks like Battery Plus stores will take them too https://safety.lovetoknow.com/househ...t-tubes-safely I've known people to just smash them and put them in the trash but have no idea what the potential penalty would be if caught. |
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On 8/2/2020 1:55 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? Local school, library, factory, store, office that still uses them? |
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T-12 4 ft Fluorescent Tube Disposal
On 8/2/20 12:55 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? Amazon has recycle kits. |
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On 8/2/2020 1:55 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? Walmart recycles them.Â* Just place in a shopping cart and leave in the parking lot cart corral. |
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T-12 4 ft Fluorescent Tube Disposal
On Sun, 2 Aug 2020 13:55:15 -0400, Wade Garrett
wrote: Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? Take them to a county haz mat place or call around to the HOA site managers. Some of them are still clinging to T12 fixtures (Par 38s too) Most industrial places have switched over to a 21st century style. |
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Lowes took mine.
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On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 10:55:21 AM UTC-7, Wade Garrett wrote:
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? -- Why is it that the people who want more government control over your life are the same ones who want you to be disarmed? Your Trash Pickup service can't tell you where? |
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T-12 4 ft Fluorescent Tube Disposal
On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 1:15:13 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Your Trash Pickup service can't tell you where? I tried an experiment, wrapped one in clear mailing tape and broke it with a hammer, figuring I'd put the glass pieces in the trash. You have to hit them surprisingly hard, and when they pop the glass ignores the tape and you spend the next half hour picking it out of the grass. Home Depot takes back CFLs but didn't want the tubes even though they sell them but Lowes took the rest of them. |
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On 8/2/20 8:41 PM, TimR wrote:
Lowes took mine. Thx, I called my local one and they do too! |
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On 8/2/20 2:30 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 8/2/20 12:55 PM, Wade Garrett wrote: Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? Â*Â*Â*Â* Amazon has recycle kits. for $45!! |
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On 8/2/20 4:38 PM, Doug McMillon wrote:
On 8/2/2020 1:55 PM, Wade Garrett wrote: Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? Walmart recycles them.Â* Just place in a shopping cart and leave in the parking lot cart corral. My Walmart is out of carts so I'll drop them off at the store near your house instead ;-) -- Why is it that the people who want more government control over your life are the same ones who want you to be disarmed? |
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T-12 4 ft Fluorescent Tube Disposal
On 8/2/2020 1:55 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? My wife has been taking stuff to Staples. She even gave them an old mixer. |
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On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 1:55:21 PM UTC-4, Wade Garrett wrote:
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? -- Why is it that the people who want more government control over your life are the same ones who want you to be disarmed? Are they new? Put them up on Craigslist for free and/or Ebay for $1 for local pickup. If they are used, hard to imagine there are states today that don't have an info website that will direct you to disposal. |
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On 08/03/2020 06:24 AM, TimR wrote:
On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 1:15:13 AM UTC-4, wrote: Your Trash Pickup service can't tell you where? I tried an experiment, wrapped one in clear mailing tape and broke it with a hammer, figuring I'd put the glass pieces in the trash. You have to hit them surprisingly hard, and when they pop the glass ignores the tape and you spend the next half hour picking it out of the grass. Back in the '70s we subcontracted several projects involving fluorescents, including the 4' tubes and 2' grow lights. When your dealing in thousands of tubes you get about 5% that won't light. They'd get thrown in the dumpster and not gently. Very few ever broke and that was if they hit the edge of the dumpster on the way down. The tubes came in cardboard boxes, stacked together with no spacers. Inevitably boxes would get dropped unloading them from the truck or moving them around the shop and I don't remember any breaking. |
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lowbrowwoman, Birdbrain's eternal senile whore!
On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 07:55:15 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again: Back in the '70s we Oh, no! Not yet again! Can't you talk about it to your inmates in the old people's home, lowbrowwoman? |
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On 8/2/20 8:41 PM, TimR wrote:
Lowes took mine. I never knew they and Walmart did that. |
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T-12 4 ft Fluorescent Tube Disposal
On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 2:00:13 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On 8/2/20 8:41 PM, TimR wrote: Lowes took mine. I never knew they and Walmart did that. Yeah, no problem, they just throw them in the woods out back. |
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T-12 4 ft Fluorescent Tube Disposal
I guess that's better than the sword fighting way.
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TimR wrote:
On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 1:15:13 AM UTC-4, wrote: Your Trash Pickup service can't tell you where? I tried an experiment, wrapped one in clear mailing tape and broke it with a hammer, figuring I'd put the glass pieces in the trash. You have to hit them surprisingly hard, and when they pop the glass ignores the tape and you spend the next half hour picking it out of the grass. Home Depot takes back CFLs but didn't want the tubes even though they sell them but Lowes took the rest of them. Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in, replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in some flyover state. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On 8/2/2020 10:55 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
Got about a dozen of the old style 4 ft long, inch and a half diameter, T-12, 40 watt fluorescent tubes that I don't need and am looking to get rid of. Some new, some used, all work fine. Neighbors don't want them- nor do the local charity donation centers or my trash pickup company. Ideas? I take them to my city HAZ Waste site. |
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On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 5:15:31 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in, replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in some flyover state. I've heard of that, but.............have you actually tried it? |
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On Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:15:28 -0400, wrote: TimR wrote: On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 1:15:13 AM UTC-4, wrote: Your Trash Pickup service can't tell you where? I tried an experiment, wrapped one in clear mailing tape and broke it with a hammer, figuring I'd put the glass pieces in the trash. You have to hit them surprisingly hard, and when they pop the glass ignores the tape and you spend the next half hour picking it out of the grass. Home Depot takes back CFLs but didn't want the tubes even though they sell them but Lowes took the rest of them. Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in, replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in some flyover state. Compared to the haz mat that ends up in the trash, the tiny amount of mercury in a F-12 is not going to make much difference. Multiply by thousands of TxxFy bulbs and you're talking real hazards. Landfills are lined these days so stuff like this doesn't leach into the ground water. Please don't assume this, because it is not a correct statement. Besides, it's a violation of the law in many localities to improperly dispose of hazardous waste. |
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TimR wrote:
On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 5:15:31 PM UTC-4, wrote: Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in, replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in some flyover state. I've heard of that, but.............have you actually tried it? Of course. I was actually surprised at the question arising. I thought everybody did it that way. Many years ago I was disposing of tubes by taking a batch of them to the garbage truck (not in a bag) and the garbage guy told me that the problem was that they might shatter in their face but if I wanted to put them in the truck go ahead. Well that's a real risk so the next time I had a bunch I looked around for a solution, hence the cover. I had a similar reaction to dumping out a batch of old paint cans containing paint residue. He said just put them in black bags and seal them up. Similar for batteries (not lead acid). I actually carried some to the recycling bin at Lowes (or HD). My batteries were the only ones in the box. I kept an eye out and I NEVER saw anyone else put anything in the boxes. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 05:21:09 -0700 (PDT), TimR
wrote: On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 5:15:31 PM UTC-4, wrote: Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in, replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in some flyover state. I've heard of that, but.............have you actually tried it? I put them in an empty 30 gallon can and break the bottom off with a 2x4 about 6 feet long (a rake or whatever I have handy) with the top on sitting on the other end.. The rest falls in the can. |
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On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:13:21 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote: writes: On Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:15:28 -0400, wrote: TimR wrote: On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 1:15:13 AM UTC-4, wrote: Your Trash Pickup service can't tell you where? I tried an experiment, wrapped one in clear mailing tape and broke it with a hammer, figuring I'd put the glass pieces in the trash. You have to hit them surprisingly hard, and when they pop the glass ignores the tape and you spend the next half hour picking it out of the grass. Home Depot takes back CFLs but didn't want the tubes even though they sell them but Lowes took the rest of them. Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in, replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in some flyover state. Compared to the haz mat that ends up in the trash, the tiny amount of mercury in a F-12 is not going to make much difference. Multiply by thousands of TxxFy bulbs and you're talking real hazards. Landfills are lined these days so stuff like this doesn't leach into the ground water. Please don't assume this, because it is not a correct statement. Besides, it's a violation of the law in many localities to improperly dispose of hazardous waste. That is far from the largest source of mercury and I am not disposing of "Thousands" of these things. It is more like 2 every couple of years. I get rid of a lot more batteries and they tell us to just put them in the trash. When I had a way of getting them to a haz mat place, like when my wife was running a big HOA, I put them with the hazmat. I just think driving my car 50 miles to and from the haz mat place might be worse for the environment than a milligram or two of mercury in the landfill. |
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lowbrowwoman, Birdbrain's eternal senile whore!
On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 23:18:24 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again: In this area a little mercury in a landfill is small potatoes compared to the problems caused by copper, gold, and asbestos mines. Fish & Wildlife advise you not to eat pike out of the Clark Fork but that goes back to the mines at Butte 100 years ago. 100 years ago? Those were real hard times for senile blabbermouths like you back then, without any Internet, eh? LOL |
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lowbrowwoman, Birdbrain's eternal senile whore!
On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 20:57:08 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again: I dropped a lead acid off at the recyclers and was pleasantly surprised when they gave me money instead of vice versa. There's money in them. When i was trucking I hauled more than one load of dead batteries from Denver to LA. The reasoning escapes me but I never argued. Leaking junk "Leaking junk"? LOL I instantly thought that's the perfect term for an old babbling geezer like you! |
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On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:13:21 GMT, (Scott Lurndal) wrote: writes: On Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:15:28 -0400, wrote: TimR wrote: On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 1:15:13 AM UTC-4, wrote: Your Trash Pickup service can't tell you where? I tried an experiment, wrapped one in clear mailing tape and broke it with a hammer, figuring I'd put the glass pieces in the trash. You have to hit them surprisingly hard, and when they pop the glass ignores the tape and you spend the next half hour picking it out of the grass. Home Depot takes back CFLs but didn't want the tubes even though they sell them but Lowes took the rest of them. Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in, replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in some flyover state. Compared to the haz mat that ends up in the trash, the tiny amount of mercury in a F-12 is not going to make much difference. Multiply by thousands of TxxFy bulbs and you're talking real hazards. Landfills are lined these days so stuff like this doesn't leach into the ground water. Please don't assume this, because it is not a correct statement. Besides, it's a violation of the law in many localities to improperly dispose of hazardous waste. That is far from the largest source of mercury and I am not disposing of "Thousands" of these things. Of course, it's all about you. How many other people live in the country that take your advice? It adds up. It is more like 2 every couple of years. I get rid of a lot more batteries and they tell us to just put them in the trash. When I had a way of getting them to a haz mat place, like when my wife was running a big HOA, I put them with the As pointed out most hardware stores (ACE, HD, Lowes) will take them. |
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On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 1:11:22 PM UTC-4, Scott Lurndal wrote:
writes: On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:13:21 GMT, (Scott Lurndal) wrote: writes: On Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:15:28 -0400, wrote: TimR wrote: On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 1:15:13 AM UTC-4, wrote: Your Trash Pickup service can't tell you where? I tried an experiment, wrapped one in clear mailing tape and broke it with a hammer, figuring I'd put the glass pieces in the trash. You have to hit them surprisingly hard, and when they pop the glass ignores the tape and you spend the next half hour picking it out of the grass. Home Depot takes back CFLs but didn't want the tubes even though they sell them but Lowes took the rest of them. Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in, replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in some flyover state. Compared to the haz mat that ends up in the trash, the tiny amount of mercury in a F-12 is not going to make much difference. Multiply by thousands of TxxFy bulbs and you're talking real hazards. Landfills are lined these days so stuff like this doesn't leach into the ground water. Please don't assume this, because it is not a correct statement. Besides, it's a violation of the law in many localities to improperly dispose of hazardous waste. That is far from the largest source of mercury and I am not disposing of "Thousands" of these things. Of course, it's all about you. How many other people live in the country that take your advice? It adds up. It is more like 2 every couple of years. I get rid of a lot more batteries and they tell us to just put them in the trash. When I had a way of getting them to a haz mat place, like when my wife was running a big HOA, I put them with the As pointed out most hardware stores (ACE, HD, Lowes) will take them. Nice to know. |
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