Recycle CFLs at The Home Depot

By Matthew Foster

In keeping with its motto, “You can do it. We can help,” The Home Depot has agreed that if consumers bring their used CFLs to any of its 1,973 locations, The Home Depot will recycle them for free.

“With more than 75 percent of households located within 10 miles of a Home Depot store, this program is the first national solution to providing Americans with a convenient way to recycle CFLs,” says Ron Jarvis, The Home Depot’s senior vice president of Environmental Innovation

Be careful when you’re transporting CFLs to the store for recycling; broken CFLs increases chances for mercury exposure. Also, don’t forget to grab your dead batteries because The Home Depot recycles them, too.