Cindy and I are going green.
Actually, we've always been fairly conservationy -- thermostat at 67 degrees in the winter and 80 in the summer; open our windows whenever we can tolerate the heat or cold; recycle everything we can and have organized most of our family members to do the same; don't water the lawn no matter what; and so forth. But in a recent decision to offset the blatant natural resources abuse of some of our other family members (you know who you are), we decided to take green to a new level at the Wagner's.
One thing we did recently was head to the store to get an entire set of new, energy efficient light bulbs. One such bulb is the General Electric, Soft White 40 -- saves $24 per bulb in energy costs; last 8 times longer than a 40 watt regular soft white bulb.
We bought the 2 bulb value pack, brought it home, installed both lights and then took a look at the clear plastic packaging to find the recycle triangle and number.
Guess what? No recycle triangle. No number. Designed specifically to be thrown away after the bulbs are removed.
I'm left wondering, "When will the light bulb go on at GE?"
Gill E. Wagner, Sage of Selling
President of Honest Selling
Founder of the Yellow-Tie International Business Development Association
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