Comments on: Energy saving projects around the house 2 http://www.olino.org/us/articles/2006/12/26/energy-saving-projects-around-the-house-2 Renewable Energy Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:58:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeanne Eisenhut http://www.olino.org/us/articles/2006/12/26/energy-saving-projects-around-the-house-2/comment-page-1#comment-11 Jeanne Eisenhut Sat, 03 May 2008 21:11:22 +0000 http://www.olino.org/us/?p=26#comment-11 What an interesting article! I don't know if I'm up to the challenge of repeating your retro-fit of the lamp, but it does look do-able. We are having some discussions in the U.S. regarding disposal of these new bulbs because they contain small amounts of Mercury, which is poisonous if the bulb is broken. This mercury then ends up in landfills, which can leak into underwater ground water. In The Netherlands, do you have any special procedure for disposing of these bulbs? What an interesting article! I don’t know if I’m up to the challenge of repeating your retro-fit of the lamp, but it does look do-able.

We are having some discussions in the U.S. regarding disposal of these new bulbs because they contain small amounts of Mercury, which is poisonous if the bulb is broken. This mercury then ends up in landfills, which can leak into underwater ground water. In The Netherlands, do you have any special procedure for disposing of these bulbs?

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