Just broke a CFL... what now?

Bobogard

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2007

• #1

Ok. Just broke one of my CFLs in my bedroom. I heard they contain mercury, so how do I dispose of the light? As of now I'm just venting my room and trying to let any mercury lingering in my room evaporate.

 

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marcus420

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2007

• #2

i have broke a few I took no precautions whatsoever and all is well here.

 

420thAvenue

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2007

• #3

marcus420 said:

i have broke a few I took no precautions whatsoever and all is well here.

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Yep, I've broke 2 while they were on over my plants. I did nothing about it, just threw the bulb away and am now shy 2 CFLs in my grow room.

Someone told me to toss my plants just to be safe, haha. Throw my plants? You're nuts.

 

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terpenophenolic

• Jun 11, 2007

• #4

here link on cfl safety, how much mercury they contain(very little) and what to do if one breaks, opening your window was a good Idea, all vapor should have been gone very quickly( usally only 3-4mg of mercury in a cfl), and just pick up the broken glass and put it in a bag......I definatelty woul not be worried.....

http://www.nema.org/lamprecycle/epafactsheet-cfl.pdf

 

MajoR_TokE

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2007

• #5

Yeah i actually broke one yesterday, I just swept it up and threw it in the garbage.

 

abudsmoker

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2007

• #6

shame on you guys, good to see you major hows the new job doing?

 

Bobogard

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2007

• #7

lol, ok thanks guys. I'll just put the leftovers in a plastic ziploc and off to the trash. Yeah my window was open for a few hours probly, so I'm not worried.

I read that there's about 1/100 of the mercury content of which you would find in one of those older glass thermometers.

The worst thing you can do is to vacuum is up, so......... don't.