Last fall Cheryl & I made a resolution to find ways to conserve energy around the house; our goal was a 10% reduction in usage, and if we could combine that with some time-shifting, a 20% reduction in our electricity bill.

One of the first things we did was to change the highest-use light bulbs to Compact Flourescent Bulbs. I was nervous about this at first, because I remembered fluorescent bulbs from 20 years ago being noisy and having a weird glow. But that's not the case anymore; I actually like the CFL lighting better than our regular bulbs.

Now we have other concerns – these bulbs contain mercury.. What do we do if a CFL light bulb breaks? And, how do we dispose of them when they burn out without filling the landfills with mercury?

I normally don't write about the same topic on two different blogs, but today I discussed these 2 questions in detail on my real estate blog, and rather than repeating everything, I thought I'd link to it here.