Replying to a message of JAY EMRIE to BOB ACKLEY:

 EV>>>>>> It got me wondering if my friends words were
true about ALL CFLs
 E>>>>> being EV>made in China so I thought I'd ask here
in the Tech Echo
 E>>>>> for you all to EV>look at the packaging and see
if your brand of
 E>>>>> CFLs are also made in EV>China?

 JE>>>> All that I have here are made in China. Since they
contain mercury
 JE>>>> I wouldn't be surprised that it is true.

 TW>>> And Mercury is REQUIRED for a CFL to work.

 BA>> Are you sure of that?  I think it's phosphorus powder that makes the
 BA>> glow.  'course, phosphorus can kill you too, just not quite as
 BA>> quickly.  My boss is eventually going to get into trouble with the
 BA>> DEQ (state EPA) people because he puts dead fluorescent  tubes in
 BA>> the dumpster - which gets emptied into the landfill.

 JE> What provisions does your city provide for such disposal?

I've no idea what provisions Red Oak has for such, I don't live in (or near) a city.
The county landfill here has a list of things that are taboo (computer
monitors, among
other things).  There's a recycling outfit up in Council Bluffs (50+ miles)
that will take
such things - for a pretty stiff fee.  Other than maintaining a list of
what they don't
want in the landfills I don't know what provisions are made for disposal of
the things
that are on the list.

When the pickup/disposal fees get up there a lot of illegal dumping occurs in rural
areas.  Illegal both in the sense of what's being dumped and trespassing on other
people's property.

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