New Developments 2/19/09

I've gone to the Home Depot and saw their system of fluorescent bulb recycling. It's basically a little orange box at the front of the store by the customer returns desk. It was obscured from general vision as there were shopping carts and stuff in the way. I talked to the manager about the issue, and he pointed me to Rosa Badu-Baidoo of the Return to Vendors department. She said that lately the they've been getting all types of bulbs, not only the CFL's and regular tubes. It's been filling up quite often, but given the size of the box, it should be needing emptying almost every day, rather than every week or so. The company that picks up the the fluorescent tubes is called PSC, and makes a pick up every month. I've asked Rosa to be on my panel of experts, as she manages the return to vendor department, which handles all of the hazardous waste drop-off. I'm very close to formulating a hypothesis.