Most of the low cost home lighting in most countries is manufactured in China. Often it is of poor quality and may break into pieces while installing it. You may get better prices buying online on sites like eBay, but no warranty may be offered

Some popular suppliers of home lighting and related products are:
Home Depot – inexpensive with a large variety of lighting
Lowe’s – have many different types of home lighting products
Target for table and floor lamps
Ikea
Online sources
a. eBay prices are lower, check the seller rating
b. Homedecorators.com  – cheap prices
c. Inlighting.com
d. Lamps.com

Fluorescent lighting is environmentally friendly — for the same amount of illumination they use up to 75% less electricity than incandescent lighting, which was widely used earlier.  In most countries, electricity is generated by power plants burning fossil fuels and releasing greenhouse gases, so saving electricity also reduces greenhouse emissions.

However, fluorescent lighting contains a small amount of mercury, which is toxic.  Though homeowners are allowed to throw away fluorescent tubes/lights in the trash, it is better option to dispose of them at a local recycling center so that the mercury can be contained.

Additionally, old models of  the ballasts used in the fluorescent tube lights used to contain PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), which are carcinogens and environmental poisons so it is important to dispose of old fluorescent lighting fixtures safely .

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