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From: Sherri Clayton
To:Dan Wolfe
Date: 2/22/2008 2:34 pm
Subject: Fwd: Pre-paid CFL collection bucket
>>> "Hyatt, Thomas" <thyatt@state.pa.us> 2/22/2008 1:49 PM >>>
As you know, questions on how to recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs
(CFLs) are becoming very common. However, there is a lack of convenient
CFL recycling programs in Pennsylvania.
Currently, CFLs make up about 20 percent of light bulb sales. Due to
recent federal legislation and the energy efficiency of these bulbs, CFL
sales are expected to increase. And as sales increase, so will the
number of CFLs that need to be recycled.
On average, each bulb contains about 5 mg of mercury. While throwing
one CFL in the trash won't make much of an environmental difference, a
convenient recycling program available to all PA residents will make an
environmental difference. In order to begin educating Pennsylvania
residents about recycling CFLs, as part of our Earth Day celebration,
the Department would like to send out a prepaid bucket to counties and
other interested parties for recycling CFLs.
The idea is simple. The Department pays a lamp recycler to send a
prepaid bucket to those who are interested. The county or other
interested party makes the public aware of the need to properly recycle
CFLs. Once the bucket is full, it is sent back to the lamp recycler.
As people bring in CFLs for recycling, they are made aware of other ways
of recycling CFLs such as HHW collection programs or CFL manufacturer
initiatives like the program provided by Sylvania on their web page at
www.sylvania.com
Due to limited funds, the Department is able to provide only a limited
number of buckets to interested parties. This is a one-time offer by
the Department to help counties and other parties supplement their Earth
Day education efforts. Requests for buckets will be accepted on a first
come, first serve basis. It is expected that the selected bucket should
hold around 100 CFLs, maybe more.
If we receive a great deal of interest, we will need to limit buckets to
no more than one per party. However, if we have extra buckets, we will
may be able to provide more than one bucket to those who are interested.
If you are interested in receiving a bucket, please send an email to Tom
Hyatt at thyatt@state.pa.us. You must include the following in your
email:
Contact name
Contact phone number
Government name or organization name
The address to where you want the bucket shipped
Number of buckets or boxes you would like to receive (up to 3)