Customers will find prices already marked down on compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), indoor hard-wired fixtures and low-flow showerheads. Markdowns range from about 50 cents below suggested retail for general purpose CFLs to up to $7 on energy-saving showerheads.

Items available through the Simple Steps, Smart Savings program include:

• Twist CFLs – Regular Twists, Daylight Twists and A-Lamps
• Specialty CFLs – Reflectors, Globes, Candelabras, Torpedo Bulbs and Outdoor Lighting
• Fixtures – Indoor Hard-Wired Fixtures
• Showerheads – Those using 2.0 gallons per minute or less (showerhead discounts available at Costco and Fred Meyer only)

To find the store nearest you, visit the PUD website. Remember to recycle your used CFLS at any PUD office.

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The Bulb Eater is still going strong, but it’s moved. Apple City is now located at 500A Ohme Garden Road. The phone number is the same: (509) 663-2681.

Apple City charges 20 cents per foot of fluorescent tube plus $1 per ballast for the recycling service. Disposal is handled by the Air Cycle Corporation of Broadview, Ill. 

Compact fluorescent light bulbs used in homes can be recycled at PUD offices in Wenatchee, Leavenworth or Chelan, or at Home Depot or Lowe’s in Wenatchee.

"The Bulb Eater," as shown on the Air Cycle company's Web site

Looking for an environmentally friendly way to dispose of fluorescent tubes?  Apple City Electric in Wenatchee has a “Bulb Eater” that crunches used tubes into a sealed 55-gallon drum for environmentally responsible disposal.  Apple City charges 20 cents per foot of fluorescent tube plus $1 per ballast for the recycling service, said the company’s Kay Williams.

Disposal is handled by the Air Cycle Corporation of Broadview, Ill. A freight truck picks up the crunched bulbs when notified, Williams said. “We’ve had a couple of pick-ups from doing a big retrofit on a commercial building,” she said. “Before the lamp-gobbler, we had to box up all those bulbs and get them ready for shipping.”

Apple City Electric can also recycle HDI (heavy duty illumination) lamps for $2 apiece.

Apple City Electric is located at 326 N. Wenatchee Ave., phone (509) 663-2681.

Compact fluorescent light bulbs used in homes can be recycled at PUD offices in Wenatchee, Leavenworth or Chelan, or at Home Depot in Wenatchee.

Chelan County PUD's solar-powered fountain serves as a kid magnet at local events.

Chelan County PUD will be among the organizations celebrating Earth Day in Leavenworth this Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. at Lions Club Park. Conservation staff will bring the PUD’s kid-pleasing, solar-powered fountain to the event, sponsored by Barn Beach Reserve. Also, you can catch a Recycled Art Collection at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, 7375 Icicle Road, on display through May 29. Want something more hands-on? The City of Leavenworth is sponsoring a citywide cleanup through April 30; contact City Hall for more information.

Earth Day was celebrated on April 17 in Wenatchee, which held its first official event, and in Chelan, marking its 21st Earth Day Fair.