Re:LED lighting (Score 1)

The solution is to simply coat the glass envelope of the compact bulb with a clear/flexible plastic coating (just like the flourescent bulb manufacturers do with some commercial 8-foot tubes), so that if you drop it and it breaks, then the mercury does not escape. Then all you have to do is make a manditory recycle program for all flourescent tubes. (there is a company here in bc canada that recycles tubes, but its not manditory, but is should be because mercury is very toxic). Greenpeace uk says that about half of the manufacturers in Europe are coating bulbs..