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RECYCLING Supported by the Green Action Project, Green Light New Orleans offers free CFL recycling at the Home Depot also offers free CFL recycling. Bring your old or broken CFL to the customer service desk at your nearest Home Depot location. Compact fluorescent bulbs contain small amounts of mercury. The mercury poses no threat while in the bulb, but if you break one be careful not to inhale the mercury - immediately use a wet rag to clean it up and put all of the pieces, and the rag, into a zip loc bag and seal the bag. CFLs save consumers energy and money, but also pose hazards to the environment. When discarded in the trash they can release mercury vapor into the environment. The released mercury vapor is harmful not only to the environment, but animals and you! Read more about the mercury content here. CFLs have to be recycled!
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