Change a Light - and then Recycle it when you're done!

As you know by now, if every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent bulb (CFL), we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

But we need to recycle CFLs properly, as they contain a small amount of mercury.
IKEA, the world's largest home furnishings retailer, understands the value of CFL lights, as well as the need for recycling them. The company offers a simple solution: a 'Free Take Back' program offering recycle bins for CFLs in all IKEA stores. Just take your used CFLs to IKEA for proper disposal.

We obviously don't all live around an IKEI, however. For other locations visit:
http://earth911.org and search for for florescent lamps by your zip code.

For more information regarding mercury in CFLs, including proper disposal options and what to do if a bulb breaks, click here for the PDF report from Energystar.gov.