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sunshine: don’t be disheartened. read smitty’s link to snopes.
while you have to be careful with the remains of a broken CFL, it does not pose a grave danger or require an environmental clean-up crew.
i suppose waste management or SPU would be the best place to ask about how to properly dispose of CFL’s:
“All fluorescent lights (such as tubes and compact bulbs) contain mercury and are banned from Seattle’s garbage.
Ask about recycing where you buy, or recycle through the Take It Back Network, a group of businesses and organizations that offer convenient recycling options.
You can also take up to 10 bulbs per trip to a HHW location.”
so, onto the take it back network:
http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/takeitback/fluorescent/index.asp
the last link is a list of businesses who will take fluorescent lights.
oh, look! bartell drugs takes back fluorescent lights. so do mclendon’s and some other true value hardware stores, but not junction true value. (i wonder if they know this…) seattle lighting in SODO.
as for the broken ones, some quick googling tells us:
http://www.lhwmp.org/home/HHW/whattobring.aspx
king county local hazardous waste program says you can bring fluorescents to the south seattle transfer station:
Address: South Transfer Station – 8105 Fifth Ave. S. (south of the First Ave. S. Bridge)