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 ...

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 ...

CFLs contain small amounts of mercury, so they can't just be thrown in the trash. And while free recycling drop-offs abound, whoever gets around to that? That's why incentives like this make so much ...

A new law went into effect in Washington on Jan. 1 requiring manufacturers of compact fluorescent light bulbs to pay for a state-run recycling program for their products. The law aims to keep CFLs out ...

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 ...

It's a message being drummed into the heads of homeowners everywhere: Swap out those incandescent lights with longer-lasting compact fluorescent bulbs and cut your electric use. Governments, utilities ...