Did you know...
CFL bulbs burn 10x as long as incandescent bulbs and use less than 1/4 of the electricity. If every home in America replaced just one incandescent light bulb with a CFL bulb, the energy saved would be enough to light over 3 million homes and the greenhouse gases reduced would equal the emissions of more than 800,000 cars!
Buy in the neighborhood for wholesale: 40 and 60 watt equivalent bulbs for $1.85 plus tax and 75 watt equivalent bulbs for $2.31 plus tax.
| 14 W CFL replaces a 60 W incandescent | 23 W CFL replaces a 100 W incandescent | |||
| Green FG&CH price for a 14 watt CFL | $(2.00) | Green FG&CH Price for a 14 W CFL | $(2.50) | |
| Electricity saved during CFL's 10,000 hr life | $101.20 | Electricity saved during CFL’s 10,000 hour life | $169.40 | |
| Incandescent bulbs not replaced | $8.80 | Incandescent bulbs not replaced | $8.80 | |
| Your savings for every 14 W CFL | $110.00 | Your savings for every 23 watt CFL | $175.70 | |
No excuses...
Color: The new generation of CFL bulbs come in warm tones so you look good and daylight tones so you feel good.
Mercury: Sealed in a CFL is a miniscule amount of mercury, about 4-5 mg, an amount that fits on the tip of a ball point pen and is less than 1/100 the amount of mercury in a thermometer. Environmental agencies say that if a CFL bulb breaks, the danger from broken glass is greater than the danger from the mercury. Ironically, each CFL bulb removes more mercury from the environment than the bulb contains. Most of the mercury in our air results from burning fossil fuels to produce electricity. Long-term exposure to mercury in the air negatively impacts human health. Because a CFL bulb uses so much less power and last so much longer than an incandescent bulb, it causes about 76% less mercury to be released into the air than a regular incandescent bulb.
Disposal: Recycle CFL bulbs at Living Lighting, 876 Atlantic Avenue (at Waverly Avenue). If you throw them out, the Department of Sanitation asks that they be put in double plastic bags and placed in the regular garbage.
Where to buy them...
Click here for a list of vendors in our area offering CFL bulbs at a low non-profit price.