Recycling Center to Take Fluorescents from Non-Residents

The El Cerrito City Council gave a green light to accepting fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, for a fee, from people who don't live in El Cerrito or one of the other West Contra Costa cities that already pay a solid waste fee. Fluorescent light bulbs and tubes can be friendly to the environment by requiring less electricity than other light fixtures, but they can be far more hazardous if they break and release toxic mercury.