Comments on: Flickering truths on Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

By: Prakash Rangarajan

Prakash Rangarajan — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:20:29 +0000

Very pertinent actually. Opens the Pandora's box and should necessitate a post by itself. CFL recycling is usually done by waste collection agencies, CFL manufacturers and retailers. Unfortunately though in India, there is lack of regulations/enforcement systems vis-a-vis manufacture, disposal and recycling. The lack of inertia among manufacturers to take responsibility for disposal and recycling needs to be addressed. I had read in the past about BSES launching kiosks for safe disposal of CFLs. Not sure about Chennai or elsewhere in India though. It is important that manufacturers take the lead on this front and the monitoring agencies keep up the pressure.

By: Shalini

Shalini — Tue, 24 May 2011 06:38:03 +0000

How do you recycle CFLs? Might be a d’uh question…but just can’t figure out what you mean by recycling CFLS. I have only CFLs at home…hence the question please.

By: Ganesh

Ganesh — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:11:27 +0000

The initial cost of a CFL may be 10 times that of a standard bulb. But the savings in energy and the life being almost 9-10 times that of a standard bulb means that life cycle cost of a CFL is lower.

And once the purchase of CFLs increase the price also would come down due to bulk production volumes