Let's Raise a Million--Light bulbs & Jerome Ringo

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About Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance

As president of the Apollo Alliance, whose member organizations represent more than 17 million people across the country. Jerome is a champion of environmental justice and vocal advocate of clean energy. He has first hand experience of the challenges we face after working for more than 20 years in Louisiana's petrochemical industry. More than half of that time was spent as an active union member working with his fellow members to secure a safe work environment and quality jobs. Louisiana's petrochemical industry focuses on the production of gasoline, rocket fuel, and plastics -- many of which contain cancer causing chemicals. As he began observing the negative impacts of the industry's pollution on local communities -- primarily poor, minority communities -- Ringo began organizing community environmental justice groups.


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[robster1185]

How about the mercury in these light bulbs so when a million people throw them away you just created toxic waste, congrats.

[LetsRaiseAMillion]

the cycle is a closed one. the bulbs are tracked so once we're notified that they've burned out we recycle them, while suppling yet another CFL. next question...

[robster1185]

People are lazy, no one even recycles bottles lets be honest.

[LetsRaiseAMillion]

True True, that's why it must be incentivized. In NY and MI (just to name a few) you receive 5 to 10 cents back for each bottle you return. This could be those "new jobs" Ringo talked about.

[robster1185]

Its not necessary , all that is needed is solar electricity. Regular light bulbs are fine. How many buildings do we have to put these panels and on ... lets think about it. It time to start thinking sustainability and light bulbs that create a problem in the future is not sustaining it putting off the problem until later. Its time to start encouraging people to ride bicycles, you know using those things you call legs.