Going green… Step 1
So last year when I decided to go “green” I wasn’t sure what to do first. But over at TreeHugger they have some basic guides. I also purchased thier book, and read it over a weekend. I wanted to start off slow, and slowly build into the process. Grab the low hanging fruit they say.  The first thing we tackled were CFL bulbs in the house. We had about 5 scattered through the house, and they were old and outdated. I was a bit worried until I saw that they had made several advancements since I bought the originals. Better colors, faster response times, and most important cheaper price.  So we first made a list of all the bulbs we had, and what types so we could pick them up at the hardware store.   I was surprised to find we had 65 bulbs in the house. Holy crap, this is going to be an expensive first step. We bought them in two trips over the course of a month. Total out lay was rougly $220.00, a pretty decent investment. I’m happy to report they have been in operation for 8 months now with out a single failure. Thank goodness.  When they do go bad though, a few places will recycle them. I’m glad they do because there’s some nasty mercury in there, don’t toss them in the bin! You can look here to find out where to recycle them.
There have been reports of CFL’s causing headaches. Before you drop a couple Ben Franklins on a mess of them, I’d advise buying a couple and putting them in a light you use a lot to give yourself a test first. We didn’t have any problems here thankfully.
Next up, Step 2, which was recycling. I’ll go into more detail in another post.
Thanks,
N.
February 25, 2009
Posted in: CFL's, Green
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