Chicago Tribune - Make your home green: Tips
Filed under: Earth 911 - April 4, 2007
LIGHTBULBS
By Karen Klags
Chicago Tribune, April 4, 2007
Do: Replace five of your most used incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs (which use two-thirds less energy, generate 70 percent less heat and last up to10 times longer).
Save: $25 to $65 a year in energy costs, depending on the wattage and how long you leave bulbs on.
Bigger picture: If every American home did that, U.S. consumers would save as much as $6.5 billion a year in elec-tricity costs and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that from more than 8 million cars.
Note: A small amount of mercury is sealed within the glass tubing of compact fluorescent light bulbs. Don’t throw them out with regular household trash if better options exist.
For disposal guidelines: visit www.earth911.org and plug in your zip code; call 877-EARTH911 (877-327-84911); call your local waste management company; or visit www.lamprecycle. org. Some stores take back used CFLs.)