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Hi Kevin,Copy of my resume is available here:http://sites.google.com/site/hsiaoyunchu/ and I sent you a link. Also, you may wish to look for post consumer recycled content paper as a way to make your cfl box. Or you could substitute a biodegradable plastic which could be compostable. Do a google search for PLA and you will find some biodegradable plastics. You could also use cornstarch packaging peanuts as a more sustainable solution to the outer packaging of CFL's. Info on how to recycle the CFL's should be available on the package, but could also be printed on the barrel/body of the lightbulb in the sense that people usually chuck the packaging, and they may not know how to recycled the lightbulb once it's burned out since they have already disposed of the packaging. Putting recycling info on the bulb itself could help.HYC
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To: Hsiao-Yun Chu From: kevin lum Date: 03/12/2009 12:30PMSubject: DAI505 CFL problem_KevinLum
Professor Chu,

I have chosen you to be on my panel of experts because you've taught the packaging design class. I havn't taken the class myself but my solution to the CFL recycling problem has to do with a redesign of the light bulb packaging. If i did the packaging redesign, it would be like printer cartridges, how you can open it, put the new one in the printer, then put the old one in the container ready for recycling. I believe when people drop this light bulb in the recycling receptacle at various places like The Home Depot, surrounded by the packaging, it would prevent any breakage that might occur. This way the packaging can also remind people to recycle, thus preventing a lot more mercury vapor leakage from improper disposal. What do you think? I would also like to request a copy of your resume or possibly a short bio so I may put it at the end of my report.
Thanks, -Kevin Lum