How To Dispose Of Incandescent Light Bulbs. This is because some light bulbs contain potentially dangerous substances. Inhaling the vapor from broken mercury light bulbs may be harmful to your health and you should take care when handling the waste.
Incandescent light bulbs are the easiest to dispose because they can be thrown in the household trash. However we cant throw all of them away with the trash. Incandescent bulbs can be thrown in the black trash bin but fluorescent compact fluorescent lamp CFL and light-emitting diode LED bulbs must be taken to a Solvents Automotive Flammables and Electronics SAFE center for disposal.
Incandescent light bulbs the old standby we relied on for our reading lamps and overhead fixtures since the early 1900s are slowly being edged out by.
Incandescent bulbs can be thrown in the black trash bin but fluorescent compact fluorescent lamp CFL and light-emitting diode LED bulbs must be taken to a Solvents Automotive Flammables and Electronics SAFE center for disposal. Incandescent bulbs fluorescent bulbs halogens and most recently LEDs the average home in the US uses between 50 and 100 light bulb sockets. Reuse working incandescent light bulbs traditional household bulbs or halogen light bulbs by giving to familyfriends or posting on an online website like Kijiji. They last 50 times as long as traditional incandescent bulb and use 80 percent less energy.
