| Cubase "Freeze" tip [message #93665] |
Sat, 15 December 2007 09:58 |
Nei
Messages: 108
Registered: November 2006
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>>>>>> Neil
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>Great info, this I was not aware of
AA
"Jamie K" <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote in message news:47aa4df3@linux...
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> If your electricity is from coal plants, CF bulbs will actually prevent
> the release of a lot more mercury into the environment than the bulb is
> using.
>
> When the bulb finally burns out, you can return it without releasing the
> mercury. Call the store where you purchased it first. If they don't take
> them or know who will, check the recycling links below.
>
> More info here, including how to clean up if you accidentally smash one
> (it doesn't cost $2500):
>
> http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_ligh t/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf
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> Recycling info:
> http://www.epa.gov/bulbrecycling/
> http://www.nema.org/lamprecycle/household.html
>
> Cheers,
> -Jamie
> www.JamieKrutz.com
>
>
> James McCloskey wrote:
>> I purchased a 5 pack of the Sunbeam bulbs, 4 out of five burned out with
>> in
>> a few months. There was a news story a while bacK about a lady in NY
>> that dropped one on
>> a hard wood floor in her child's room. She called Home Depot to ask how
>> to clean up the liquid from the bulb, they informed her that she had to
>> call
>> the EPA. The EPA told her she had to contact one of the companies on
>> there
>> HazMat list, because the bulbs have mercury in them. The clean up cost
>> $2500.00.
>> So my question is why did our government let these bulbs come on the
>> market
>> if they are such a health risk? Just think of what these bulbs will cost
>> all of us in bad health and expense when they end up in land fills and
>> contaminate
>> ground water. Just think, everybody is buying them.
>>
>> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>> We've had good luck with CF bulbs, overall. We had a couple of early
>>> failures (within 2 years), and a c
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