Proper Storage and Marking of the CFL Container for Recycling
The EPA states the following as the procedure for safely storing your CFL until it is recycled:
- Store fluorescent light bulbs in containers that prevent them from breaking, such as in their original boxes, [plastic packaging], or boxes from replacement bulbs, or in containers supplied by fluorescent light bulb recyclers.
- Breaking these bulbs could result in the release of mercury.
- In addition, fluorescent light bulb recyclers generally require that the light bulbs arrive unbroken.
- Mark the lamp storage container as "Fluorescent Light Bulb for Recycling."
- Take lamps to a local household collection facility or arrange for a fluorescent light bulb recycler to pick them up.
