10 Nov
2011
10 Nov
'11
11:53 a.m.
[Disposing of dead CFLs]
Well, I'd consider it. Most of my family and
friends just toss them
in the garbage, along with dead alkaline cells and all sorts of other
things that probably shouldn't get very near our water supply.
Yes, I ahve to admit it's common to do that over here too, for a variety
of reasons :
1) The polution involved in taking them to a recycling centre is possibly
more than the polution caused by dumping the device in the landfill (even
if you walk or cycle, you will still exhale more CO_2 doing that than if
you were sitting arround, don't give me the nonsense about those methods
of transprt causing 0 polution).
2) We pay our taxes to have our household rubbish collected...
3) Some, if not most, recycling seems to be a big con. Some areas of
London now have public litter bins with one side for recyclable waste
(paper, cans, bottles, etc) the other side for other rubbish. I have seen
such bins being empteid -- the containes from the 2 sides are emptied
into the same part of the same dustcart. So people now tend not to waster
their time soritng their litter.
-tony