old halides, recycle or throw away?

[bmkindig]

i just replaced my halides and for some reason put them in the box with my other used stuff,and them i realized i have like 6-8 bulbs just lying around.i remember 1 time them someone was starting a recycling program for old bulb so i held on to them but this is just becoming clutter now so i gues the question is where is everyone getting rid of the old bulbs.

 

[CarlitosReef]

How often you change them? I though mh bulbs last longer than T5.

 

[ganjero]

How often you change them? I though mh bulbs last longer than T5.

Unless I missed something it looks like somebody is trying to rack up his post count :eek2:

I would also like to hear ideas for old bulbs.

 

[insanefishguy]

How often you change them? I though mh bulbs last longer than T5.

You use them til they burn out, right?

 

[bmkindig]

lol joe, is that why i never have any money i buy bulbs to often.
guess no one has heard of a light bulb recycling? i know a place i deal with at work recycles bulbs but they charge you to take the bulbs and there probably getting paid to recycle them.

 

[jwalker314]

i save all my old bulbs too, i include them as freebies when i sell a fixture.

 

[Fizz71]

I keep my last set in case I need to run lighting someplace without corals or in case one would break/burnout before replacing. Which I recently did when my tank broke; I ran the old bulb while I recycled and when I had fish but no corals.