How does fluorescent lighting benefit the environment?
March 1st, 2010 | 
Author: These are the things I want answered:
What impact does it have on the environment?
What does it cost to buy the bulbs in bulk?
How does it benefit the environment?
These are the things I want answered:
What impact does it have on the environment?
What does it cost to buy the bulbs in bulk?
How does it benefit the environment?
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For the same amount of light, fluorescent lites use about 1/3 the electricity as does standard lites, so this is very good for the environment, because it reduces the amount of global warming. Anything bought in bulk costs less per unit than when purchased in smaller quantities. Although fluorescent lites cost more, they are cheaper in the long run because they last much longer and use much less electricity.
Very little, considering very few people will get that great of life out of them. They do consume less electricity, but it is debatable whether or not that matters.
Depends on the company, but likely less.
Again not much, since they are more harmful them selves toward to environment, and are not that great.
Now LED lights are far better for the environment than your fluorescent.
I have yet to have any compact ones last more than a year, and have yet to have any of them actually give out a good light.
Fluorescent bulbs will not help fight global warming, considering the "Global Warming" theory is not true.
My experience is that CFLs and the newer style flourescent bulbs DO save money and do outlast incandescent bulbs by a a good bit.
So I would say yes, they do benefit the environment because they use less electricity and last longer so over time and millions of users, fewer of them are made.
There are concerns about the fact that they do contain some materials that should be recycled properly, I am afraid I don’t know much about that yet, although I am checking into it.
For more details on my experience check out my source.
CFLs contain approximately 4 milligrams of mercury each. Though 4 milligrams is a relatively small amount, the amount of mercury from the estimated 300 million CFLs sold in the U.S. since 2006 would equate to .15 metric tons of mercury! Put another way, it only takes one teaspoon of mercury to contaminate a 100-acre body of water.Best to recycle them properly. In my area I have a true value hardware that has a recycle box for them . Our local electric company also takes them .
As far as bulk price , that’s hard to estimate, there are a ton of styles to choose from , but Sam’s club had the largest packages of them that I have seen. also watch for sales ads. Last April ( to celebrate earth day) my Electric Co had a sale on them..bought them in a bulk then sold them at cost to anyone that wanted to make the switch.that made them very reasonable too.
The benefits are still unknown ..Yes they do use much less energy but it is feared that too many will end up in landfills.
If you do decide to make the change..Please commit to recycling them properly..
go to http://earth911.com to search for recycling centers in your area
https://www.thinkgreenfromhome.com/ThinkGreenFromHome.cfm