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Avoid breakage until you can bring your light bulbs to the recycler. Label a cardboard six-pack beverage carrier to be mercury-containing light bulb storage until you can take the bulbs to the nearest household-hazardous-waste facility or participating retailer. Step-by-step instructions for building a compact-fluorescent-light-bulb carrier are below.
For linear fluorescent tubes, label the original fluorescent-tube box or any tall box or barrel. Download or order a label below.
Download a "Mercury-containing Light Bulb" label to print out (274K pdf).
Order an adhesive "Mercury-containing Light Bulb" label from Ecology's Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program.
Call 1-800-RECYCLE for information on recycling locations.
How to Clean up a Broken Fluorescent Bulb Be careful not to break fluorescent bulbs, and know what to do when it happens. This page tells the steps to clean up.
Post the Mercury-containing Bulb Clean-up Card wherever you will remember to look.
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| Mercury-containing bulb blown out? Store it carefully until you can take it in to be recycled. | Collect your supplies:
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| Tear the paper into medium-sized pieces. | Wad the paper to make padding for your bulbs. |
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| Insert a paper wad into each compartment. | Pick up your label. You can order one here.
OR Print out the downloadable label (as a 274K pdf file) on sticker paper or use recycled office paper and adhere with tape or a glue stick. |
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| For a sticky label, peel off the backing. | |
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| Affix the label to your carrier. | Press it down carefully. |
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| Gently place your spent light bulb into the new carrier until you can make it to the recycler. | Call 1-800-RECYCLE for information on recycling locations in Washington state. |
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