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Default Disposing of Fluorescent Tubes

My council have always taken tubes before but they are classed as
hazardous waste and can't go in landfill so I will have to burn petrol,
putting CO2 into the atmosphere taking one 4ft tube to the council dump
to be diposed of. There again I could put the tube back in the bin and
hit it on the side with a hammer.
Just wondered what is so hazardous about a tube that it can't go into
landfill.
Also bearing in mind that there has been debate this week about fining
people for using a filament bulb and encougaging the use of compact
fluorescent bulbs whether the CO2 saved by using the more efficient
bulbs is going to be more than offset by the extra CO2 used in
disposing of Fluorescent tubes and bulbs.

Kevin

 
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