I heard about this a while ago but forgot about Home Depot's initiative to recycle compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). This is really important as CFLs contain small amounts of mercury which is extremely poisonous. It is actually "illegal" to throw these bulbs in the regular trash. During my recent visit to the Batavia Home Depot I saw one of these CFL recycling boxes. They are located right in front of the returns counter as you enter the store. This is very responsible of Home Depot and we should really take advantage of their efforts! Here is more information from the Home Depot site.
http://www6.homedepot.com/ecooptions/index.html?MAINSECTION=cflrecycling
And here is more information about CFLs and why recycling them is important:
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/wastetypes/universal/lamps/index.htm
