[OKC] FW: CFL Recycling now at all Home Depots

[Shauna Struby]

Kudos to Home Depot.  We no longer have to store burnt-out CFLs until the
next Pollutant Collection event.

 

>From the press release:

"Home Depot sold over 75 million CFL's in 2007, which saved Americans
approximately $4.8 billion in energy costs and 51.8 billon pounds in CO2
greenhouse gases over the life of the bulbs." 

 

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June 25, 2008


Home Depot Says It Will Save $16 Million By Switching To CFLs


home_depot_cfl.jpg

Home Depot has announced (
<http://www6.homedepot.com/ecooptions/stage/pdf/cfl_recycle.pdf> PDF) a free
in-store, consumer CFL bulb recycling program at all of its 1,973 stores in
the U.S.

It also announced that it expects to save $16 million in annual energy costs
by switching all of its U.S. Light Fixture Showrooms to CFLs by the fall of
2008.

Expired, unbroken CFL bulbs will be handled by an environmental management
company that will "coordinate CFL packaging, transportation and recycling to
maximize safety and ensure environmental compliance," Home Depot says. The
Home Depot Canada launched a CFL recycling program in November of 2007.

Home Depot says it sold more than 75 million CFL's in 2007, which saved
Americans approximately $4.8 billion in energy costs and 51.8 billon pounds
in GHG from entering the atmosphere over the life of the bulbs. Wal-Mart,
which has twice as many stores in the U.S. as Home Depot, has accepted
expired bulbs at times and is exploring how to do it consistently on a
national level, the New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/business/24recycling.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&o
ref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1214376434-6046EAFNKcovrKqNBLxecQ&oref=slogi
n> reports.

"With more than 75 percent of households located within 10 miles of a Home
Depot store, this program is the first national solution to providing
Americans with a convenient way to recycle CFLs," said Ron Jarvis, senior
vice president, Environmental Innovation.

The European Union is
<http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/03/09/eu-to-ban-inefficient-light-b
ulbs/> banning the inefficient light bulbs by the end of the decade, and GE
<http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/02/24/ge-developing-incandescent-li
ght-bulb-that-matches-cfls-efficiency/> says it is working on
high-efficiency incandescent lamps that will match the light quality,
brightness and color as current lamps while saving energy and decreasing
greenhouse gas emissions.

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