How To Dispose Of Light Bulbs That Contain Mercury. Place the bulb in. Luckily CFLs can be recycled because Mercury glass and metal the three most important components to this light bulb type are all recyclable.
For CFL bulbs which contain mercury the facility will safely extract the mercury from the bulb parts. Remove the burned out mercury-containing bulb from the light fixture carefully. Some provinces offer programs whereby you can drop off your lamps at collection sites or.
Read labels carefully and use alternative natural products for cleaning when possible.
These will be reused for multiple purposes. Other materials in the bulbs get reused. Unfortunately recycling these light bulbs will vary from place to place. Also check with The Home Depot in your area to see if they recycle fluorescent light bulbs.
