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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Kudos
to Home Depot. We no longer have to store burnt-out CFLs until the next
Pollutant Collection event.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>From
the press release:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:maroon'>"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."</span></strong><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><span
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<h6><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>June 25, 2008</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
<h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Home
Depot Says It Will Save $16 Million By Switching To CFLs</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><img
id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C8D762.654AD8F0"
alt="home_depot_cfl.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Home Depot
has announced (</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www6.homedepot.com/ecooptions/stage/pdf/cfl_recycle.pdf"><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F53C0'>PDF</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>) a free in-store,
consumer CFL bulb recycling program at all of its 1,973 stores in the U.S.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/business/24recycling.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1214376434-6046EAFNKcovrKqNBLxecQ&oref=slogin"><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F53C0'>reports</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>“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.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The
European Union is </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/03/09/eu-to-ban-inefficient-light-bulbs/"><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F53C0'>banning</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> the inefficient
light bulbs by the end of the decade, and GE </span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/02/24/ge-developing-incandescent-light-bulb-that-matches-cfls-efficiency/"><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F53C0'>says</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> 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.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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