does anybody know of some places in Lamorinda to recycle/properly dispose of florescent light bulbs? leslee

Now that we have transferred over to using fluorescent light bulbs, I read somewhere that you have to be careful how you dispose of them. Does anyone know where around Rockridge that we can dispose of them? And while we're on the subject, what is the appropriate way to dispose of batteries? Thank you! anon

As far as batteries, you should not have any problem -- you could probably take them in to any Walgreens. Alameda County recycling centers will take them as well. If you have lots of them, it might make sense to separate them out, i.e., alkaline, Ni-MH, etc.

I recently came across gcycle.org as a one-stop shop on where to take stuff for recycling (although, they don't have any suggestions for recycling CDs).

I am guessing most people do what we do, i.e., collect stuff in a box, until we eventually figure out how to recycle it. anon

Many hardware stores like OSH will accept fluorescent bulbs (they have mercury in them). Office supply stores will often accept batteries and used cell phones.

The El Cerrito recycling center has buckets for household batteris and also accepts car batteries. For other household hazardous material like pesticides, paint and cleaners, look on the above website for your nearest location. crystal