How To Throw Away Fluorescent Bulbs. Fluorescent bulbs are very breakable and can shatter into a million pieces if they are not handled correctly. Fluorescents can be disposed of for free at the SF Transfer Station for up to 30 lamps per month per customer.
You can recycle your used CFLs. If a CLF bulb breaks inside your home clean it up immediately using these tips. Ask them about any fees that may apply.
Fluorescents can be disposed of for free at the SF Transfer Station for up to 30 lamps per month per customer.
If a CLF bulb breaks inside your home clean it up immediately using these tips. You can recycle the metal and glass in fluorescent light bulbs but the bulb or tube itself requires disposal in a reprocessing facility. Although its not such a big deal -- from an environmental standpoint -- when you toss an incandescent bulb a broken CFL can be a dangerous. Ask your sanitation department about recycling centers near you that accept fluorescent light tubes.
