Ive heard its against the law to throw faulty/old light bulbs in the bin?.. So what does one do about disposing of one? Same for batteries..
Light Bulbs
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Any low energy or fluorescent lamps should be taken back to the place you purchased them from, for them to dispose of in the correct manner.
See Part 5
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations
Distributor Obligations and Rights:WEEE From Private Households
http://www.weeecare.com/documents/file35992.pdf
that may be the case, but i sure as hell aint trailing back to wherever i purchased em from, n if i was i cant remember now anyway.
Don't smash them Shaz, the powder inside them is nasty stuff. You don't want you or Reece inhailing it.
If you accidentally break one you should sweep it up carefully using a damp cloth - don't vac it up because that gets the particles circulating in the air.
These flippin things could end up being more of a liability than ordinary light bulbs and HBC (along with other councils) need to sort out safe disposal methods as they do with fridges and TVs etc.
These flippin things could end up being more of a liability than ordinary light bulbs and HBC (along with other councils) need to sort out safe disposal methods as they do with fridges and TVs etc.
Neil i didnt mean that I smash them, i'm so heavy handed that they usually break in my hand when i'm taking them out
that may be the case, but i sure as hell aint trailing back to wherever i purchased em from, n if i was i cant remember now anyway.
It's your choice, to help protect the environment or not
How does that work then, we are forced to buy these things that contain more dodgy metals and chemicals than I don't know what and whatever 'energy' we saved in their use is totally wasted in the disposal of the sodding things.
Its a bit like those green electric cars, Where the heck does the sodding eleccy comefrom to recharge them!
Having said all that, unless the Americans, Chinese and Indian sub continent stop sucking all the planets resources everything western europe does is a pee in the wind.
Its a bit like those green electric cars, Where the heck does the sodding eleccy comefrom to recharge them!
Having said all that, unless the Americans, Chinese and Indian sub continent stop sucking all the planets resources everything western europe does is a pee in the wind.
Oooh karma coming Ian! 
too right it is,when the so called "powers" get serious, i will.It's your choice, to help protect the environment or not
Hot filament light bulbs should be recycled with the other glass and metal items.
As for the new low energy bulbs – they are the biggest con perpetrated on the public for many a year.
Yes they do use less electrical energy and they do last longer but that is the only advantage.
But that is well offset by the disadvantages.
The LE bulb costs up to ten times the cost of a hot filament bulb.
A 75 watts rated LE bulb only uses about 18 watts of power but the light that it gives off is around the equivalent to that of a 60 watts hot filament bulb.
It costs up to ten times more to produce an LE bulb than a hot filament bulb. That’s why they cost more to buy. Plus the extra profit the manufacturer and seller can make.
It certainly takes much more energy to produce one LE bulb than it does to produce one hot filament bulb.
Then there are the disposal costs in cash AND energy.
Finally if everyone used these LE bulbs they would use less electricity. This would reduce what the energy companies will sell, which in turn would affect their profits, which in turn would affect the shareholders dividends and this would affect many pension funds. So the price of electricity would go up to compensate to try and maintain the status quo.
In a nutshell we, the general public (again) will pay more for less.
Now if that isn’t a con, I don’t know what is.
As for the new low energy bulbs – they are the biggest con perpetrated on the public for many a year.
Yes they do use less electrical energy and they do last longer but that is the only advantage.
But that is well offset by the disadvantages.
The LE bulb costs up to ten times the cost of a hot filament bulb.
A 75 watts rated LE bulb only uses about 18 watts of power but the light that it gives off is around the equivalent to that of a 60 watts hot filament bulb.
It costs up to ten times more to produce an LE bulb than a hot filament bulb. That’s why they cost more to buy. Plus the extra profit the manufacturer and seller can make.
It certainly takes much more energy to produce one LE bulb than it does to produce one hot filament bulb.
Then there are the disposal costs in cash AND energy.
Finally if everyone used these LE bulbs they would use less electricity. This would reduce what the energy companies will sell, which in turn would affect their profits, which in turn would affect the shareholders dividends and this would affect many pension funds. So the price of electricity would go up to compensate to try and maintain the status quo.
In a nutshell we, the general public (again) will pay more for less.
Now if that isn’t a con, I don’t know what is.