Bring out your CFLs

Great idea. We’ve been putting our used fluro lights in a box ready for a time like this. The drop off suggestions mentioned above are great but in the mean time, it’s a good move.

A good move by the Minister.

We are regularly told about the problems that stem from fluoros, smoke detectors (Americium 123 – radioactive), and various batteries. Toss in chemicals, medicines, paints, and more, and the leachate beneath a landfill is surely one of the most horrible cocktails imaginable… Bit like that scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

But seldom are we actually offered a solution. Good drop-off suggestions above notwithstanding, for many of us, these points are “on the way” somewhere anyway, so not inconvenient.

Credit where it’s due.

given I can’t remember replacinmg one of those bulbs yet, maybe they’ll all go at once and then the trip will be worth it?

I applaud the ACT Govt for attempting to deal with this issue, but really, how many people are going to actually bother driving all the way out to Mugga Lane or Mitchell just to drop off one or two bulbs?

Maybe they should set up other collection points around town, like at the ACT Govt Shopfronts?