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You've Got Mail! (That's me who has the mail by the way)
Well, it finally happened.
Someone (other than friends and relatives cheering me on from the sidelines) read my blog and e-mailed me a response. The circular miracle of electronic communication is now complete!
I'm so happy I could rush out and recycle ... I don't know ... something really hard to recycle .... like ... old smelly sweat socks.
OK, that would be really hard, but you get the idea.
My correspondent is a fellow named Nathan A. Núñez, Director of Marketing & Advertising for NLR, Inc. in East Windsor, CT.
OK, so he's being paid to write to me, but hey, I takes 'em where I can gets 'em.
Anyway, Mr. Núñez works for a company that is marketing a way to recycle those efficient and delicious but mildly toxic compact fluorescent bulbs I blogged about two blogs ago.
(I wonder, I'm new to this, can a blog be both a verb and a measurement of time? Well, it's a brave new world, so I guess it can be, at least on this here blog of mine, if I say it can.)
Anyway, NLR stands for Northeast Lamp Recycling, or at least it did until they got all 21st century on us and changed their name to Next Level for Recycling.
They call it "moving to the next level" whatever that means.
What it means to me is they are providing a valuable service to close one of those pesky Eco-Catch-22s of trying to do the right enviro-thing.
According to the press release Mr. Núñez brilliantly attached to his correspondence, the company just "unveiled the nation's first 'self-service' compact fluorescent recycling display along with a homeowner CFL recycling program."
As I wrote two blogs ago, these energy efficient bulbs have an Achilles heel, they contain mercury which, unlike The Mercury newspaper, which writes me a nice check every week, is not good for your health (mental or otherwise).
Enter my new friends at NLR, who write: "Many individuals & businesses
purchase CFLs to save energy, money & to help the environment but have an
increasingly difficult time finding where to recycle these used lamps. The
proper management & recycling of CFLs through programs like COM-PAK and
Household-PAK are key to effective "Green" sustainability. Both the COM-PAK
& Household-PAK programs are available nationwide only though NLR or
nlr-compak.com."
Because they were nice enough to contact me, I will return the favor and provide a way for you to contact them (isn't this open communication thing nifty?).
For more information, visit www.nlr-green.com or call 877.8.2bgreen ext.108
Now I don't know if you're going to have to drive all the way to Connecticut to get rid of those bulbs with a clean conscience, but I'll leave that to you and them to work out.
Also, I don't want to leave anyone out here. I'd also like to give a shout-out to another of The Thin Green Line's readers who offered a solution a little closer to home.
In case you haven't seen it further down on the previous light bulb post, a mysterious reader identified only as Malena, posted a response that said: "Well, I was an enthusiastic early adopter of compact fluorescent bulbs and my first bulbs from when we moved into our house in Pottstown around 10 years ago started burning out last year. I saved the bulbs along with batteries and other miscellaneous items and took them to one of the Montgomery County hazardous household waste pickups. The information for this year's pickups are on the borough website. They don't specifically state CFL, but it is a hazardous waste and the person who took them seemed to know exactly what to do with them. Until LED lightbulbs become affordable, the compact fluorescents are the best option we have, in my opinion."
How about that, your government doing something for you efficiently, effectively and at no charge!
Next thing you know, we'll get property tax relief! (OK, let's not get crazy now.) We'll just settle for handling a little pesky eco-problem with which some of us were wrestling.
As you can see dear readers, I get all excited about interacting with people trying to navigate their way through these puzzling eco-issues just like I am. Post a response to this blog or by e-mail me at brandt.evan@gmail.com and you might become famous too!
Someone (other than friends and relatives cheering me on from the sidelines) read my blog and e-mailed me a response. The circular miracle of electronic communication is now complete!
I'm so happy I could rush out and recycle ... I don't know ... something really hard to recycle .... like ... old smelly sweat socks.
OK, that would be really hard, but you get the idea.
My correspondent is a fellow named Nathan A. Núñez, Director of Marketing & Advertising for NLR, Inc. in East Windsor, CT.
OK, so he's being paid to write to me, but hey, I takes 'em where I can gets 'em.
Anyway, Mr. Núñez works for a company that is marketing a way to recycle those efficient and delicious but mildly toxic compact fluorescent bulbs I blogged about two blogs ago.
(I wonder, I'm new to this, can a blog be both a verb and a measurement of time? Well, it's a brave new world, so I guess it can be, at least on this here blog of mine, if I say it can.)
Anyway, NLR stands for Northeast Lamp Recycling, or at least it did until they got all 21st century on us and changed their name to Next Level for Recycling.
They call it "moving to the next level" whatever that means.
What it means to me is they are providing a valuable service to close one of those pesky Eco-Catch-22s of trying to do the right enviro-thing.
According to the press release Mr. Núñez brilliantly attached to his correspondence, the company just "unveiled the nation's first 'self-service' compact fluorescent recycling display along with a homeowner CFL recycling program."
As I wrote two blogs ago, these energy efficient bulbs have an Achilles heel, they contain mercury which, unlike The Mercury newspaper, which writes me a nice check every week, is not good for your health (mental or otherwise).
Enter my new friends at NLR, who write: "Many individuals & businesses
purchase CFLs to save energy, money & to help the environment but have an
increasingly difficult time finding where to recycle these used lamps. The
proper management & recycling of CFLs through programs like COM-PAK and
Household-PAK are key to effective "Green" sustainability. Both the COM-PAK
& Household-PAK programs are available nationwide only though NLR or
nlr-compak.com."
Because they were nice enough to contact me, I will return the favor and provide a way for you to contact them (isn't this open communication thing nifty?).
For more information, visit www.nlr-green.com or call 877.8.2bgreen ext.108
Now I don't know if you're going to have to drive all the way to Connecticut to get rid of those bulbs with a clean conscience, but I'll leave that to you and them to work out.
Also, I don't want to leave anyone out here. I'd also like to give a shout-out to another of The Thin Green Line's readers who offered a solution a little closer to home.
In case you haven't seen it further down on the previous light bulb post, a mysterious reader identified only as Malena, posted a response that said: "Well, I was an enthusiastic early adopter of compact fluorescent bulbs and my first bulbs from when we moved into our house in Pottstown around 10 years ago started burning out last year. I saved the bulbs along with batteries and other miscellaneous items and took them to one of the Montgomery County hazardous household waste pickups. The information for this year's pickups are on the borough website. They don't specifically state CFL, but it is a hazardous waste and the person who took them seemed to know exactly what to do with them. Until LED lightbulbs become affordable, the compact fluorescents are the best option we have, in my opinion."
How about that, your government doing something for you efficiently, effectively and at no charge!
Next thing you know, we'll get property tax relief! (OK, let's not get crazy now.) We'll just settle for handling a little pesky eco-problem with which some of us were wrestling.
As you can see dear readers, I get all excited about interacting with people trying to navigate their way through these puzzling eco-issues just like I am. Post a response to this blog or by e-mail me at brandt.evan@gmail.com and you might become famous too!
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