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There are plenty of green "myths" out there.
For example, the begining of flourescent bulbs should have been in congunction with a federally-mandated deposit system.
I'd expect 99% of every used florescent tube ever produced and sold throughout history has been broken up and put into dumpsters: leaching mercury and other (recoverable) heavy metals into the ground water system. Eventually the mercury levels build up locally, people drink the local water, babies have birth defects, and no one knows why. Percentage-wise, why is there so must autism, cancer, and other mental/physical problems these days?
The managment of toxic materials has to come from the top, and through financial incentives. Can you trust "the top"? That would be another discussion.
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