Q. Are fluorescent bulbs supposed to be taken to the recycle center? Can you just throw them in the trash for the standard garbage pick up? Iowa and/or Illinois? -- Ken, Moline Home Depot has a ...

So you’re doing your part using the energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs. They do have a longer life than the incandescent bulbs, but eventually they burn out. Then what do you do? First of ...

Have any fluorescent bulbs, either the long tubes or squiggly compact ones? These days, most consumers are switching to newer LED bulbs, which burn cooler and last longer. But what are you supposed to ...

The Home Depot in Lewis Center has intake bins for recycling CFL bulbs and rechargeable batteries. Take your compact flourescent (CFL) bulbs to be recycled at Home Depot instead of throwing them in ...

Q: Can I recycle my fluorescent light bulbs? — T. I. A: Yes, T.I., but never in your mixed recycling bin or cart! Don’t forget that there are two distinct ways to recycle something. The first is via ...

A: The answer to your question, T.T., is going to depend on which types of old light bulbs you have. If you are referring to traditional incandescent bulbs, then these are safe for disposal in the ...

I climbed gingerly down the ladder outside my house, caressing a burned-out fluorescent spotlight. I didn't want to risk having it fall and break -- not since reading the Environmental Protection ...

Answer Man: I understand the new light bulbs contain mercury and should be disposed of properly. How do we dispose of them? If one breaks, do we clean it up? I broke one and used a vacuum to clean it ...

BURTON First, Congress has mandated some incandescent bulbs be eliminated, so some people are hording them. There are also updated rules on how to dispose of those curly bulbs: the CFL's. We try to ...

Free recycling of compact fluorescent bulbs — the palm-size curly lights that fit into conventional lamps and fixtures — just became widely available. And should one of these CFLs break, there may ...