http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/24/bulb-makers-to-pay-for-recycling-in-maine/ Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 22:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/24/bulb-makers-to-pay-for-recycling-in-maine/comment-page-1/#comment-132407 Aaron Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:28:44 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17047#comment-132407 Here's the thing- somebody has to recycle these bulbs. Releasing mercury into the environment is too serious of a problem to ignore. Check out my blog at blog.lamprecycling.com for more new and info related to bulb recycling. Here’s the thing- somebody has to recycle these bulbs. Releasing mercury into the environment is too serious of a problem to ignore. Check out my blog at blog.lamprecycling.com for more new and info related to bulb recycling.

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/24/bulb-makers-to-pay-for-recycling-in-maine/comment-page-1/#comment-132252 Joe Loveless Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17047#comment-132252 The logic is well-intended, but not supported by history. The burden of expense on manufacturers is inevitably passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices and with State Recycling program surchages attached to consumers in incalculable programs and venues. If history is our guide, it is difficult to understand the win for consumers and sustainability for the use of fluorescent light bulbs themselves. The logic is well-intended, but not supported by history. The burden of expense on manufacturers is inevitably passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices and with State Recycling program surchages attached to consumers in incalculable programs and venues. If history is our guide, it is difficult to understand the win for consumers and sustainability for the use of fluorescent light bulbs themselves.

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/24/bulb-makers-to-pay-for-recycling-in-maine/comment-page-1/#comment-132249 Joe Loveless Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:02:41 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17047#comment-132249 The logic is well-intended, but not supported by history. The burden of expense on manufacturers is inevitably passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices and with State Recycling program surchages attached to consumers in incalculable programs and venues. If history is our guide, it is difficult to understand the win for consumers and sustainability for the use of florescent light bulbs themselves. The logic is well-intended, but not supported by history. The burden of expense on manufacturers is inevitably passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices and with State Recycling program surchages attached to consumers in incalculable programs and venues. If history is our guide, it is difficult to understand the win for consumers and sustainability for the use of florescent light bulbs themselves.

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