Submitted 10 months ago by CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work to [deleted]
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/45354
cross-posted from: pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/…/645809278769635471
These just go out with the other recycling, right?
If your city has a hazardous waste disposal location, you can take them there. In my area, it’s the same place that i take old paint and stain, batteries, solvents, tube tvs etc. our area has two dumps but only one of them takes hazardous materials, so I would do a little research.
This right here is what I do. Ours also takes dead Christmas trees this time of year to turn into mulch
In Germany, pretty much every supermarket has 2 special bins near the entrance, one for lightbulbs and one for batteries. Maybe there’s something similar in your area?
Otherwise I’d check with shops or hardware stores that sell these and/or a local electrician how they dispose of these and whether they’d be willing to take yours as well.
That’s so good, should be standard everywhere.
You really have to google your disposal service. It is by no means uniform across the country or even your state, but rather it depends on what kind of facilities your local disposal service has. For instance I moved from one county to another, and discovered I was not allowed to put paper milk cartons in the recycle bin. County A’s disposal company could recycle them, county B’s couldn’t.
It depends. Are these heavy bulbs?
PorradaVFR@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nit clear if this is a legitimate question but….if so, it depends. In our city you can take them to Home Depot/Lowes for disposal. They should not be thrown out with garbage.
this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They contain mercury. This should not be taken lightly. Please dispose of the correctly.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 10 months ago
Kind of wild that they were ever on the market in the first place.