Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … dead light bulbs?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:06:17 +0000

Are you seriously suggesting giving a child a paper mache rattle made with GLASS!!!! Stunned!

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:47:15 +0000

Wrong Frank – normal incadescent light bulbs contain no mercury and cannot be recycled by most councils. Only low energy and fluorescent bulbs contain mercury. See this link for details: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200506580

By: bobcummins1@gmail.com

bobcummins1@gmail.com — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:04:17 +0000

For goodness sake ! When most people in this not so green and pleasant land say ” recycle a light bulb ” , they mean dispose of safely . Do we really need to know that you take the bottom off a light bulb fill it with organic pot pourri and hang in the bowl of the toilet for lasting freshness , or fill with organic skunk piss and put it in our pants to make us smell more attractive to other users of this sight ? Just GET TO THE POINT ! Its enough to stop you being green at all !

Grrrr!

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:42:00 +0000

Nooooo! Don’t do any of this. Lightbulbs contain mercury. They should be recyled at a local authority site.

By: janet

janet — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:22:18 +0000

Sainsburys have a place to recycle the energy saving light bulbs in their stores.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:22:43 +0000

This is a great website – for those based in the UK http://www.recycle-more.co.uk has now got a recycling section just for energy saving lightbulbs:

http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/lowenergybulb/BulbHome.aspx

This will tell you where and how you can safely dispose of the lightbulbs.

By: Joye

Joye — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:05:04 +0000

To recycle the newer lightbulbs (CFLs), go to: http://earth911.com/ Then type in “CFL” under “Find recycling centers for…”

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:38:59 +0000

If you can’t find out where to recycle energy efficient bulbs, get in touch with your local council. They are obliged to provide alternative safe disposal for them because of the very poisonous lead in them.

Old inefficient lightbulbs could be smashed up and the glass put in normal glass recycling bottle banks – wrap them in newspaper, break them only once you’re right next to the bottle bank, then open the paper and pick out the base and tip the glass out of the paper into the bin.

By: James

James — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:10:55 +0000

How can i recylce energy effiecent light bulbs tyou know trhe knew ones
GUYZ PLS HELP ME!!

By: Rachel Sanders

Rachel Sanders — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:43:56 +0000

I would love to see a picture of your nutcracker lightbulbs. It sounds cute. Do you have any pics?

By: Jo Dear

Jo Dear — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:26:49 +0000

I tried that, but it just gives me all the local recyling points, none of which recycle lightbulbs!

By: honey

honey — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:58:43 +0000

sculpture! sculpture! sculpture! let your inner child go… I saw a woman at a craft festival who made them into various types of bug sculptures (perhaps she had too much time on her hands), hadn’t thought of ornaments though… Whatever you do- thanks for caring for mother earth.

By: hjkh

hjkh — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:15:41 +0000

get two wiers and tie it to the bottom of the bulp then get a batery and put it at the end of those wiers and it will light

P.S=lick me

By: light bulb

light bulb — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:04:53 +0000

Include one or two working ones and all your dead ones and make a lamp sculpture – http://lighting-bible.com/diy-bulb-sculpture.html

By: ClareBear

ClareBear — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:19:07 +0000

Ikea will recycle household lightbulbs (and batteries and plastic bags).

By: Physh

Physh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:50:59 +0000

i have painted light bulbs like santa’s and snowmen for christmas tree ornaments for years. even used skinny ones for nutcracker ornaments or toy soldiers.

By: Eli

Eli — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:02:14 +0000

make pears to decor , covered with rope and glued on it see here

http://picasaweb.google.com/amigasweb/RecicladoReciclagemRecycle/photo#5129108496075754210
http://picasaweb.google.com/amigasweb/RecicladoReciclagemRecycle/photo#5129108603449936626

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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:03:36 +0000

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By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:39:17 +0000

Alternative fuel source for the fossil fuel by making use of the oil extracted from jatropha curcas seeds, which is then converted into biodiesel for industrial and automotive uses.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:54:56 +0000

Citijunk offer recycling services, junk removal and waste disposal throughout London.

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:41:41 +0000

“matt
August 21st, 2007 at 2:24 am

cover them in paper machie and when it dries hit on the ground, this will break the inside and will become a rattle, paint it and sell it”

Please tell me you are joking?…oo! I know! Lets make a paper based container full of broken glass, then market it as a childs toy! Fantastic idea!…

Seriously though, most local authorities provide facilities for various forms of recycling, get onto thier website and have a mooch around, they may not provide recycling for mercury containing devices, but there are also private companies out there who do (for a small fee), some I think operate a service where you can post the item to them, sure i’ve seen that somewhere…time for some googling again.

Stu ;-)

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:07:52 +0000

sorry forgot to add in website URL: http://www.recycle-more.co.uk

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:07:11 +0000

To find your nearest recycling point for Energy Saving Lightbulbs, enter your postcode into the recycle-more bank locator search tool and tick the ‘Gas Discharge Lamps’ box. This will give you all the address details and an interactive map of the nearest locations.

By: Delusion

Delusion — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:30:47 +0000

My council has confirmed that they can be recycled at the Home Waste Disposal centre :)

By: Richie

Richie — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:13:18 +0000

I’ve heard you can put then out for the council to collect and they will turn them back into glass!

By: matt

matt — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:24:03 +0000

cover them in paper machie and when it dries hit on the ground, this will break the inside and will become a rattle, paint it and sell it

By: Shabnam

Shabnam — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:03:21 +0000

Posted on French blog today: this lady made fantastic vases
http://www.espritcabane.com/recup/ampoules-vases.php

very trendy!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:04:45 +0000

As reported at http://www.treehugger.com, designer Helen Gifford, and her company HelenBilt, create beautiful lamps from used incandescent bulbs: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/helenbilt_putti.php

I’m planning, after a little research on appropriate glues, to try something similar with the old light bulbs I’ve collected over the years. Wish me luck!

By: Sage

Sage — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:11:26 +0000

Energy star will take them back… florecents / energy saving lights etc must be recycled because they use mercury in them…

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