Home Depot may have abandoned the security and smart home installation business, but the big-box retailer is jumping on the recycling bandwagon.
Home Depot is launching a free consumer compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb recycling program in all 1,973 stores nationwide.
Customers can bring in any expired, unbroken CFL bulbs to any Home Depot store. The bulbs will then be handled by an environmental management company who will coordinate CFL packaging, transportation and recycling to ensure environmental compliance.
The Home Depot Canada launched a CFL recycling program in November 2007.
Home Depot is also launching an in-store energy conservation program to switch showrooms in U.S. stores from incandescent bulbs to CFLs by Fall 2008.
The company says this will result in annual savings of $16 million in energy costs.
The CFL recycling program is an extension of The Home Depot's Eco Options program that launched in April 2007.