What is your Mercury Footprint?

    Bulb type                        Source of electricity               Mercury released

Incandescent 75-watt                            Coal                               13.16 mg
    not recycled                                                                              

Incandescent 75-watt                            Coal                               13.16 mg
     recycled                                                                                    

Compact Fluorescent (equivalent)        Coal                                8.51mg
     not recycled                                                                                

Compact Fluorescent (equivalent)        Coal                                3.51 mg
   recycled                                                                                       

 Incandescent 75-watt Bulb                  Wind                                   0
     not recycled

Incandescent 75-watt Bulb                   Wind                                   0
    recycled

Compact Fluorescent (equivalent)        Wind                                   5 mg
   not recycled

Compact Fluorescent (equivalent)        Wind                                   0
   recycled

New GE Hybrid Halogen-CFL contains only 1 mg Mercury

  

( calculated for a typical cfl 7500 hour bulb life equivalent light output to 75w incand., assumes 5mg Hg inside CFL; some newer CFL bulbs have reduced Hg levels  ) (popularmechanics.com)