Going green with baby steps? The easiest way to do go green at home is to replace your old incandescent light bulbs with CFLs as they burn out. Have you ever thought about all the lights required for the perfect lighting at your events venue? For NCC, with 917 guest rooms (4 light bulbs in each room), 250 meeting rooms, and overall space that spans over 265,000 square feet – that adds up to A LOT of light bulbs. On a five-year plan to to replace all incandescent light bulbs with CFLs, you can imagine we collect a lot of light bulbs that have the potential to be recycled. What do we do with old light bulbs? We crush them! John, who works in our Facilities Department has been crushing light bulbs for two years and invited us in to watch him recycle a batch of burnt-out CFL light bulbs. Here he goes:
