Broken CFLs should be disposed of as hazardous items. Incandescent bulbs produce light by using electricity to heat a wire filament until it glows. The drawback is that the bulbs use 90% of their ...

The problem is, the wire — the filament — would burn ... Of course, this inefficiency is why there’s been a move to ban incandescent bulbs in favor of LEDs, fluorescents, and other technologies.

Incandescent and halogen lights have a wire within the bulb that heats up and produces light, while LED bulbs do not. The new rule bans the manufacture and sale of inefficient “general service ...

At the end of July, the incandescent light bulb – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – will pass into history. By Aug. 1, commonly ...