Why toss your burned-out CFLs when 99% of an old CFL can be recycled?
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Tossing CFLs into the garbage is risky too. Even though the amount of mercury they contain is minimal, a build-up of mercury over time can be harmful.
- Recycling your CFLs
- keeps your family (and sanitation workers) safe from the risk of inhaling mercury toxins.
- avoids the risk of toxins seeping into the community's groundwater supply.
