For years, consumers have been urged to switch to CFLs, or compact fluorescent lights, which use about one-quarter of the electricity of incandescent bulbs. But unknown to many, CFLs come with a ...

You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

I climbed gingerly down the ladder outside my house, caressing a burned-out fluorescent spotlight. I didn't want to risk having it fall and break -- not since reading the Environmental Protection ...

Compact fluorescent light bulbs, long touted by environmentalists as a more efficient and longer-lasting alternative to the incandescent bulbs that have lighted homes for more than a century, are ...

Q: Can I recycle my fluorescent light bulbs? — T. I. A: Yes, T.I., but never in your mixed recycling bin or cart! Don’t forget that there are two distinct ways to recycle something. The first is via ...

The darker side of the transition to compact fluorescent lights in our homes is that each bulb contains a small amount of mercury, a known neurotoxin. The Recycling Council of B.C. warns that compact ...