Check out this recyclable light bulb from designer Tim Edgeler, designed to provide a solution to current light bulbs which usually end up in the bin and don’t get recycled. The d:light is a light ...

When a light bulb burns out, you can’t simply chuck it in the recycling bin. Sure it might be glass, but many light bulbs, namely fluorescent ones, also have some pretty nasty stuff in them like ...

Q: Help! My town’s hazardous waste drop-off day was last month and I missed it. Now I have three or four CFL bulbs to recycle and nowhere to drop them off. I can’t drop it off at another county’s ...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A light bulb of an idea. That’s what the city has planned for its newly announced pilot fluorescent light bulb recycling program. The initiative is being funded by a recently awarded ...

This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. by Lisa Stiffler on May 11 ...

A list of LightRecycle Washington collection sites is searchable by address at lightrecyclewa.org. Mercury-containing lights accepted for recycling are: fluorescent tubes up to eight feet in length, ...

Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may not be allowed.

Some parts of western Washington are getting snow. by Chris West A new drop box is available for your used energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs at Olympia's City Hall. Because the bulbs ...

But the more these bulbs fly off the shelves, the more difficult it becomes for Montgomery County’s Household Hazardous Waste program to carry the burden of handling dead fluorescents alone. If every ...

OLYMPIA — In the first six months of operation, more than 422,000 mercury-containing fluorescent lights were collected for recycling in Washington state, according to LightRecycle Washington, the ...

At the Paris fair Matter and Shape, limited-edition design experiments with new materials and new typologies: from red ...