Excited about getting energy-efficient lighting into your home, but not sure what to do with those compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs once they're spent?

Well, safe disposal of used CFL bulbs just got easier. If there's a Home Depot store in your city or town, you can simply drop your used CFL bulbs off at the store for safe recycling, free of charge.

Project Porchlight is working with local governments, community organizations and commercial partners to develop recycling and disposal options for used CFL bulbs. Contact your municipality for options where you live - if there are none, demand one! Your elected government officials need to know that you are concerned about safe disposal of CFL bulbs.

The following is a partial list of recycling and disposal depots. If you know of an option that should be listed here, please contact us with the details so that we can add it.

Recycling and disposal depots

• Visit PSE.com for information on CFL recycling, including a complete list of recycling locations in the State of Washington, or call a Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Energy Advisor at 1-800-562-1482, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Any Home Depot store across North America (1,973 locations).
• Rona home stores across Canada.
• IKEA stores across North America.
• EARTH 911 features a great utility for finding CFL bulb recycling centres across America.
• List of CFL recycling locations in British Columbia.
• Recycling Council of British Columbia - search for locations to recycle CFL bulbs and other products across BC.
• Lamp Recycle is a resource for any light bulb user seeking details on recycling spent mercury-containing lamps, and a whole lot more.
• Recycle a Bulb - An excellent resource for US citizens looking to recycle their CFL bulbs.
• In Vermont, there are lots of places to recycle bulbs. Find out what's nearest you at: New Bulb in Town.
• Environmental Lamp Disposal
  15003 - 54A Street, Edmonton Alberta, T5A 2M8
  Phone: 780-456-1417, fax: 780-456-1467
  Email: envirolamp@interbaun.com
  Contact: Terry & Kimberly Scheiris
• Fluorescent Lamp Recyclers Technologies (FLR) Inc.
  75 Wanless Court, Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0
  Phone: 800-324-9018 or 519-740-3334 , fax: 519-740-2320
  Email: flr2@contech.ca
  Contact: Tom Maxwell
• Nu Life Industries Inc.
  #1, 3347 - 262nd Street, Aldergrove British Columbia, V4W 3V9
  Phone: 800-247-6724 or 604-857-5588, fax: 604-857-5775
  Email: info@nulife-ind.com
  Contact: Tom Harris
• Proeco Corporation
  7722 - 9th Street, Edmonton Alberta, T6P 1L6
  Phone: 800-661-5792 or 780-440-1825, fax: (780) 440-2428