metal Halide bulb disposal/recycling

[Eric H]

Does anyone know how to recycle MH bulbs? I have a pile of burnt out bulbs from before I switched to LED and 105watt CFL's. I know they were not allowed into the waste stream but no can tell my what I can do with them. Spoke to the health Dept, no help. Looked on the EPA website (www.EPA.gov/cfl), no helpful information for Massachusetts. www.keepmercuryromrising.org, no help.

The website about cleaning up broken CFL's scares me: ww.epa.gov/cflcleanup

 

[cwguy.com]

Funny how you can get injected with a vaccine with mercury but a cfl oh no!

Looks like it's just best practices though?

 

[Randy]

I did a search and found this web site that is loaded with places to dispose of them.

http://search.earth911.com/?what=Fl...ngitude=-71.0759874438&list_filter=all&page=1

I can recycle up to 4 bulbs at a time at the local landfill at no charge. Some places charge to take them.

 

[cwguy.com]

Actually after thinking about this more..... What wattage are they? Maybe I'll pay for shipping to me?

 

[Greg Pack]

some communities around here have a "hazardous disposal day" a couple times a year. They'll take in small amounts of semi hazardous stuff batteries, paints, pesticides, etc. for no charge.