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Home Depot may soon be scoring high marks with eco-conscious consumers. Later today, the nation's second-largest retailer is expected to announce a program to recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs or CFLs. Stores are promoting these lights as an energy saving alternative to standard light bulbs. But unlike the regular bulbs, you can't just throw the fluorescents away. Each one contains a small amount of mercury, which is not so environmentally-friendly. Home Depot plans to take back old CFLs at all of their stores. That's about 2,000 locations in the U.S.



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