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These just go out with the other recycling, right?
I guarantee that more than half of the households just through it into trash.
in my state they encourage recycling where it is available, but if the CFLs come from a household they can be chucked in the regular trash. where i live it would require a 100 mile round-trip to a big block store that accepts them or pay per bulb at a local annual e-waste recycling drive.
Can <> should. We can do all kinds of horrid things, that does not mean we should do all kinds of horrid things.
More info: https://www.epa.gov/mercury/recycling-and-disposal-cfls-and-other-bulbs-contain-mercury
If you never leave your house there are still mail in options for proper disposal. Please do better, my friend. There is really no good excuse to intentionally pollute.
The solution that people should voluntarily reticle these lamps does not work and will never work. The other solution should be found. Wither sort the garbage, or make sure that the bulbs do not contain poisonous material.