Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Home Depot

Led light bulbs save more energy than fluorescent lights.

Fluorescent lamp recycling home depot.

This home depot led bulbs buying guide helps you understand types of led bulbs available for your home. Buy long lasting energy efficient led bulbs for your home. In its early stages a home depot employee was the hands on liaison between burned out cfls and the recycling receptacle. We believe the collection and disposal of cfls and paint can be more effectively managed through a third party recycling program.

Virtually all components of a fluorescent bulb can be recycled. Their lifespan reduces when frequently switched on and off. Since 2008 one of the world s leading home retailers has been offering its customers the free service of recycling intact cfls to further push the use of these energy saving bulbs. Alto supreme linear t12 fluorescent tube light bulb cool white 4100k 10 pack model 422675 28 26.

Cfl or compact fluorescent light is smaller efficient and can last about 10 0000 hours. So he has been taking his old bulbs to lowe s and home depot for recycling. Most string lights nowadays use led bulbs and home depot also accept these bulbs for recycling. You can mail string lights such as holidayleds and christmas light source to home depot if you re willing to pay for the shipping.

All home depot stores have a cfl compact fluorescent lighting recycling center. Fluorescent lighting the home depot store finder. Home depot recycles led bulbs. Paint and compact fluorescent bulb and tube recycling the home depot canada no longer accepts paint and compact fluorescent light bulbs and tubes for recycling in our stores.

This unfortunately isn t for tubes but if you speak to your nearest store you can contact a manager for seeing if the store can take them. While compact fluorescent lightbulbs cfls have extensive recycling options through retail drop offs and mail in programs the same can t be said for fluorescent tubes. Cfl light bulbs last up to 10 times longer and use up to 75 percent less energy than traditional incandescent light bulbs. Dave lake of colerain township has been replacing his unattractive fluorescent light bulbs in his home with new led bulbs.

Your area may prohibit disposal and or require recycling. How to recycle fluorescent tubes. Recycling cfls and other fluorescent bulbs allows reuse of the glass metals and other materials that make up fluorescent lights.