Don CFLs contain mercury which is bad for the environment?
Yes. As we distribute CFLs we always provide information on the need to recycle the bulbs when they burn out. Yet in spite of the fact that CFLs contain mercury and should not be thrown in the trash, CFLs reduce the amount mercury in the environment even if they are not recycled. The reason is that the mercury we are adding to the environment each day comes from burning coal to generate electricity. Since CFLs use 70% less electricity, they generate 70% less mercury. The mercury reduction far exceeds the amount of mercury in the CFLs themselves.
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