In the USA alone, by replacing just one standard incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL bulb) per household, we could save enough energy to “light more than 3 million homes for a year … and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.” But what do we do with the expired CFL bulbs? Now you can take them to The Home Depot. As of late last week, approximately 1900 Home Depot stores in the United States now offer a recycling program for CFLs. Once an expired, unbroken CFL bulb is returned to any Home Depot store return desk, Home Depot will then ensure that they will “be managed responsibly by an environmental management company who will coordinate CFL packaging, transportation and recycling to maximize safety and ensure environmental compliance.” With more than 75% of household in the US located within 10 miles of a Home Depot this is the first national program that provides a convenient solution for recycling CFLs.
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If everyone replaced incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents the amount of oil and coal that would be saved would diffently make a positive effect on not only energy consumpton but on the economy. The less money spent on energy would allow more money to be spent in other areas of peoples life.