Home Depot to recycle bulbs
Published: Tue, Jun. 24, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Jun. 24, 2008 02:41AM
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closeATLANTA -- Some big retailers are pushing compact fluorescent light bulbs as a way to save energy. But improper disposal of the bulbs creates a hazard, because they contain small amounts of mercury.
Recycling them is about to get easier. Home Depot, the nation's second-largest retailer, will announce today that it will take back old compact fluorescents in all 1,973 of its stores in the United States, creating the nation's most widespread recycling program for the bulbs.
Until now, some consumers have waited for retailers like Wal-Mart to have a designated recycling day. Others bought kits to mail the bulbs to a recycling site.
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