Fluorescent Lamp Disposal Waste Management

Compact fluorescent lamps cfls.

Fluorescent lamp disposal waste management.

Used fluorescent and hid lamps may be classified as hazardous waste due to their mercury content and are thus regulated under the resource conservation and recovery act rcra. All fluorescent lamps and tubes must be recycled or taken to a household hazardous waste disposal facility a universal waste handler e g storage facility or broker or an authorized recycling facility. Waste management has updated our privacy policy effective on july 1 2020. These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes.

Recycling and disposal of cfls and other bulbs that contain mercury epa recommends that consumers take advantage of available local options for recycling cfls fluorescent bulbs and other bulbs that contain mercury and all other household hazardous wastes rather than disposing of them in regular household trash. In illinois the newly amended universal waste rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps. Please click here to review the new policy. If neither of these are local to you one of the easiest options is taking your used cfls to any home depot ikea or lowe s store in your town.

Some things we are used to throwing away can often be safely recycled too from old tv remotes to batteries to compact fluorescent bulbs and more. With waste management recycling goes beyond just bottles cans and paper.