Consumer alert!

 Monroe County has a hazardous waste disposal day set for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Kroger store at 3642 W. Sterns Ave. in Lambertville.

It’s a good opportunity to get rid of various household hazardous wastes, including some you might not think of as hazardous – fluorescent bulbs. Both compact fluorescent bulbs commonly used in lamps and tube-shaped bulbs commonly found in shoplights contain small amounts of hazardous mercury. Those are accepted at hazardous waste days.

The federal government advises consumers to dispose of fluorescent bulbs that way or by putting them in plastic bags and throwing them out with household trash. But Michigan is among the states that has a law against disposing of fluorescent bulbs in landfills, so the a hazardous waste disposal day is one of the best bests for getting rid of them.

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