{"id":680,"date":"2008-07-17T16:32:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T23:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=680"},"modified":"2008-07-17T16:32:41","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T23:32:41","slug":"cfl-broke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2008\/cfl-broke\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL Broke?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve had the misfortune of breaking a compact fluorescent light bulb, please accept my regrets (if you&#8217;re going to take care of the mess &#8220;properly&#8221;, anyway).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/mercury\/spills\/#fluorescent\">Here&#8217;s how the EPA wants you to clean it up:<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=75% align=center bgcolor=pink border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Before Clean-up: Air Out the Room<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have people and pets leave the room, and don&#8217;t let anyone walk through the breakage area on their way out.\n<\/li>\n<li>Open a window and leave the room for 15 minutes or more.\n<\/li>\n<li>Shut off the central forced-air heating\/air conditioning system, if you have one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clean-Up Steps for Hard Surfaces<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carefully scoop up glass pieces and powder using stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.\n<\/li>\n<li>Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.\n<\/li>\n<li>Wipe the area clean with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes. Place towels in the glass jar or plastic bag.\n<\/li>\n<li>Do not use a vacuum or broom to clean up the broken bulb on hard surfaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disposal of Clean-up Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediately place all clean-up materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area for the next normal trash pickup.\n<\/li>\n<li>Wash your hands after disposing of the jars or plastic bags containing clean-up materials.\n<\/li>\n<li>Check with your local or state government about disposal requirements in your specific area. Some states do not allow such trash disposal. Instead, they require that broken and unbroken mercury-containing bulbs be taken to a local recycling center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Did you actually think all you had to do was sweep up the mess and dump it in the nearest garbage can?<\/p>\n<p>Ha!<\/p>\n<p>PS: It&#8217;s worse for carpet, rugs, clothing, bedding, and such like. 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Here&#8217;s how the EPA wants you to clean it up: Before Clean-up: Air Out the Room Have people and pets leave the room, and don&#8217;t let anyone walk &#8230; <a title=\"CFL Broke?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2008\/cfl-broke\/\" aria-label=\"More on CFL Broke?\">Read more<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,12,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-lessons-for-living","category-youve-been-warned"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prJUJ-aY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}