By now you may have heard that the government is phasing out the old incandescent light bulb. In fact, retailers can no longer buy incandescents 75 watts and higher to stock shelves. That leaves most of us looking at Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL’s) or LED bulbs as a replacement. So what IS a CFL anyway? How does it differ from LED? What about recycling old bulbs, and the mercury content? We set out to answer these questions with another Green Deal video. (Spoiler alert: Yes you CAN recycle CFL’s at London Drugs!)
If you want to know more, here are a few links to some online information:
GE has a great FAQ page on CFL’s:
http://www.gelighting.com/na/home_lighting/ask_us/faq_compact.htm
Here’s an info page from Health Canada, including information on how to clean up a broken CFL: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/prod/cfl-afc-eng.php
Brilliant!