Home Depot Offers Recycling for CFLs. By Stephanie Rosenbloom, NYTimes, June 24, 2008. "Home Depot, the nation's second-largest retailer, will announce today that it will take back old compact fluorescents in all 1,973 of its stores in the United States, creating the nation's most widespread recycling program for the bulbs... Both Home Depot and Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, have vigorously promoted the bulbs as part of their commitment to the environment. Wal-Mart announced in October 2006 that it wanted to sell 100 million compact fluorescents by the end of 2007. It surpassed that goal, selling 193 million bulbs to date. Wal-Mart has accepted expired bulbs at take-back events in particular markets and is exploring how to do it consistently on a national level. Wal-Mart has more than twice the number of United States stores as Home Depot... [Until now] recycling the bulbs has been inconvenient at best. Industry professionals estimate that the recycling rate is around 2 percent. Home Depot's program, which will accept any maker's bulbs, will bring relatively convenient recycling within reach of most households... 75 percent of the nation's homes are within 10 miles of a Home Depot [according to company estimates]... Home Depot's bulbs contain 2.3 to 3.5 milligrams of mercury, which is below the National Electrical Manufacturers Association recommendation of 5 milligrams or fewer."
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