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Where to dispose of light bulbs - Munich

Locations of "Sondermüll" dumps
LadyDi
Please advise where used Light Bulbs should be disposed of? I know they're "Sondermüll". But I haven't seen bins for that in my area (near Ostbahnhof). DM has bins for used Batteries -- but no bin for used Light Bulbs. I swear, I'm not a "Dim Bulb" myself -- but no one has yet been able to answer this for me -- including several Germans whom I've asked. Thanks! Lady Di
sarabyrd
Here is an overview of the junkyards, they will accept your light bulbs. Don't expect them to be extremely friendly or chatty, they are the Lords of All Garbage and proud of it. I find that calling them "Meister" and asking where to ditch things makes them purr and almost eat out of your hand.
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Normally, the store at which you buy the new ones must take them.
Take care,
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Mariposa
QUOTE(LadyDi @ May 11 2008, 12:17 pm) *
Please advise where used Light Bulbs should be disposed of? I know they're "Sondermüll".

They are? Oops. I always put them with the regular trash.
Darkknight
They go in the regular trash.. Unless there the really expensive/special ones that have Mercury in them.
tiexano
Energy saving bulb are sondermüll or at least elektroschrott, the good old energy wasting ones aren't. Most towns have a number of special waste collecting places, I'd look at the website of your town.
Here ya go:
Light bulbs go in the restmülltonne:
http://www.awm-muenchen.de/index/abfalllex...html?no_cache=1
Energy saving bulbs are collected by the giftmobile or at the wertstoffhof (both are linked next to "Entsorgungsweg:")
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