Have any fluorescent bulbs, either the long tubes or squiggly compact ones? These days, most consumers are switching to newer LED bulbs, which burn cooler and last longer. But what are you supposed to ...

Collection sites in Spokane County: Spokane Valley Ace Hardware, 15405 E. Sprague Ave. Batteries Plus Bulbs, 7704 N. Division St. Batteries Plus Bulbs, 11101 E. Sprague Ave. Miller's Hardware, 2908 E.

Today, fluorescent lamps and tubes are found in many homes and commercial buildings. These lamps are gas-discharge lamps that use electricity to excite mercury vapor. The excited mercury atoms produce ...

The fluorescent bulb is no longer just an office fixture. Energy-saving fluorescent bulbs, which last as much as 10 times as long as conventional ones and use 20 percent less electricity, are as ...

Q: Help! My town’s hazardous waste drop-off day was last month and I missed it. Now I have three or four CFL bulbs to recycle and nowhere to drop them off. I can’t drop it off at another county’s ...

TROY — A business that has spent more than a decade recycling computers and other electronics has invested about $1 million in a state-of-the-art machine to recycle all types of light bulbs. Several ...

Fujisash Co. logistics subsidiary Fuji Sogyo Inc. has been working with a Minnesota-based manufacturer of fluorescent-bulb-recycling equipment to develop related technology. The two companies have ...