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RECYCLE THAT CFL!If you think being more energy efficient is about as much fun as eating all your broccoli, take a look at our latest YouTube instructional video.
Many in Michigan are Recycling That CFL!Michigan now has more than 200 new sites for recycling Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL’s) through a Michigan Energy Options program that was funded by the Michigan Public Service Commission. From the Keweenaw Peninsula to the southeast corner of the state, CFL recycling locations are appearing on the map. While CFLs are better for the environment and your pocket book than incandescent bulbs because they use far less energy, the do contain a small amount of mercury. That’s why CFLs need to be recycled properly and never thrown out with the trash. Over the past four years, MEO has helped to introduce more than 1 million CFLs into Michigan homes and businesses. This has resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars saved in energy bills and hundreds of thousands of pounds of pollution not being created. In addition to establishing recycling sites, this program has brought many dedicated organizations in Michigan together around a common cause. In the Grand Rapids area, MEO partnered with the West Michigan Environmental Action Council to promote recycling efforts (read The Rapidian article), and in the Traverse City area we partnered with the Bay Area Recycling for Charities and the Michigan Interfaith Power and Light in Southeast Michigan to promote this program to local residents. Several organizations and businesses teamed up with Michigan Energy Options to make sure that the Upper Peninsula has great coverage. The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Trust, based in Marquette has helped to establish sites across the UP and together our organizations are continuing to raise awareness and educate people on this important of this issue. Not that long ago, Michigan residents did not have a convenient way to properly dispose of their CFLs. Today they do. So, please, RECYCLE THAT CFL!
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