Then it’s turned into thin chips and packaged for use in lights that are assembled elsewhere. It’s nothing like the process ...

Incandescent lights produce light by generating ... Light-emitting diodes (LED) are little chips of metal and metal alloys ...

The materials used to make incandescent bulbs can be recycled. However, because it’s so easy to break and difficult to separate the metal and glass, most recycling services won’t accept them.