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Lamp Recycling Project

Vermonters buy over a million energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs every year. Fluorescent bulbs contain mercury. When they are thrown in the trash, mercury is released into the environment and ends up in the fish we eat. Mercury containing bulbs, by Vermont law, cannot be placed in the regular trash but instead must be recycled.

and ACE Hardware stores have teamed up with the state of Vermont to offer free recycling for Vermont residents of up to six fluorescent and other mercury-containing bulbs per visit. If you have questions regarding this project contact the Mercury Hotline.

What kinds of bulbs contain mercury?

  • 8' or 4' linear fluorescent bulbs
  • Compact fluorescent bulbs
  • Linear fluorescent bulbs such as - tanning bulbs, grow bulbs, black lights and smaller (12", 18", 24" etc.) bulbs
  • U-tubes
  • Circular fluorescent bulbs
  • HID car headlights (appear blue when lit)
  • High Intenisty Discharge (HID) bulbs (such as: mercury vapor, metal halide, etc.)

 

 

Stores participating in my area

listed below by town:

 

ACE

 

 

Store Name

Location

Contact Name

Phone

ACE

Nelson Ace Hardware

Barre

Bob Nelson

(802)476-5700

ACE

Brown and Roberts

Bellows Falls

Brad Weeks

(802)463-4140

ACE

Gilmore Home Center

Bomoseen

Allen Way

(802)468-5676

ACE

Brown and Roberts

Brattleboro

Paul Putnam

(802)257-4566

True Value

Fireside True Value

Brattleboro

Glen St. John

(802)254-4927

True Value

Leader Home Centers

Brattleboro

Jeff Kratz

(802)257-7373

True Value

Broughton

Bridport

Monica Bailey

(802)758-2477

True Value

Huestis Farm Supply

Bridport

Richard Huestis

(802)758-2289

True Value

Martins True Value

Bristol

Martin Clark

(802)453-3617

ACE

Bibens ACE Hill's Hardware

Burlington

George Halnon

(802)862-6068

True Value

Harry Hardware

Cabot

Julie Ackermann

(802)563-2291

ACE

Lakeshore Hardware

and Marine

Colchester

Brian Baird

(802)863-4910

True Value

E.C. Crosby & Sons

Danby

Suzanne Crosby

(802)293-5111

ACE

Poulin Lumber

Derby

Brad Richardson

(802)766-4971

ACE

Greens ACE Hardware

Enosburg Falls

Liz Jackson

(802)933-7500

True Value

Sticks & Stuff

Enosburg

Kris Bullock

(802)933-5011

ACE

Fogg's Hardware

Fairlee

Terry or Skip Fogg

(802)333-4248

True Value

Willeys True Value

Greensboro

Tim Whitney

(802)533-2554

ACE

Poulin Lumber

Hardwick

Lee Beavin

(802)472-5581

True Value

O C McCuin

Highgate

Corey McCuin

(802)868-3261

ACE

Gervais ACE Hardware

Island Pond

Jeanne Gervais

(802)723-6138

True Value

Island Pond True Value

Island Pond

Paul or Gloria Gabriault

(802)723-4485

True Value

JeriHill Hardware

Jericho

Karen Tuthill

(802)899-1277

True Value

Parker & Stearns, Inc

Johnson

Andy Longly

(802)635-2377

True Value

Goodro Lumber & True Value

Killington

Steve Carroll

(802)422-3469

True Value

Lyndonville Hardware

Lyndonville

Brad Gebbie

(802)626-5461

ACE

May Store

Lyndonville

Dennis Parent

(802)626-9366

True Value

Wheeler True Value

Lyndonville

Mike Wheeler

(802)626-5102

True Value

Ben Franklin

Middlebury

Larry Duffany

(802)388-2101

True Value

Martin's Hardware

Middlebury

Shane MacIntire

(802)388-9500

True Value

Sticks & Stuff

Middlesex

Jeff Lamphere

(802)223-6393

True Value

Milton Building Supply

Milton

Dan Degraff

(802)893-2426

ACE

Country Home Center

Morrisville

Lee Sturdezant

(802)888-317

True Value

Morrisville True Value Lumber

Morrisville

Andy Audet

(802)888-4501

True Value

W.W.Newfane

Newfane

Greg Underwood

(802)365-4333

ACE

Bibbins Home Center

North Springfield

Pete Torney

(802)886-2288

True Value

Kenyon's True Value

Northfield

Kristy Kenyon

(802)485-9676

ACE

Fogg's Hardware

Norwich

Rhett Scrugs

(802)649-2958

True Value

Evansville Trading Post

Orleans

Ralph Swett

(802)754-6305

True Value

J.B. Colton

Orleans

Art LaPlante

(802)754-6600

True Value

Williams True Value

Poultney

Bob Williams

(802)287-5791

True Value

Leonards

Pownal

Shane Leonard

(802)823-4070

ACE Central Supplies Randolph Lisa Voutselas     (802)728-9531

True Value

Richmond Home Supply

Richmond

Dan Noyes

(802)434-2887

ACE

Noble ACE Hardware

Rutland

Matt Philo

(802)773-2758

True Value

Rotella Building Materials, Inc.

Rutland

Virginia Gilman

(802)775-4383

ACE

St. Albans ACE Hardware

St. Albans

Mike Duffy

(802)527-7205

True Value

Sticks & Stuff

St. Albans

Dan Dupelle

(802)524-2136

True Value

St. Jay Hardware

St. Johnsbury

Denise Gebbie

(802)748-8495

ACE

South Burlington ACE Hardware

South Burlington

Rowland Ostrout

(802)864-1847

True Value

Welches True Value

South Royalton

Charlie Welch

(802)763-8140

True Value

Morrisville Lumber of Stowe

Stowe

Roger or Ed

(802)253-8516

ACE

Stowe Hardware

Stowe

Martha Mask

(802)253-7205

ACE

Swanton Lumber

Swanton

Gordon Winters

(802)868-5701

ACE

Bisbee's ACE Hardware

Waitsfield

John Wilson

(802)496-3635

True Value

Kenyon's Variety

Waitsfield

Doug Kenyon

(802)496-3922

True Value

Waitsfield True Value

Waitsfield

Pat Halloran

(802)496-2496

True Value

Waterbury True Value

Waterbury

John Halloran

(802)244-8905

True Value

Larrabees Building Supply

West Danville

Steve Larrabee

(802)684-3622

ACE

Deerfield Valley Supply

Wilmington

Lynn Bucossi

(802)464-3364

True Value

True Value Hardware

Wilmington

Charlott Birch

(802)464-2015

True Value

W.W.Wilmington

Wilmington

Maddy Klein

(802)464-3022

True Value

Welches of Woodstock

Woodstock

Lee Pratt

(802)457-2443

ACE

Woodstock Home and Hardware

Woodstock

Larry Perry

(802)457-3291

 

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MERC is a program of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation


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