A hazardous waste collection event in your area will also accept energy efficient light bulbs for recycling.
Fluorescent lamp disposal waste management.
With waste management recycling goes beyond just bottles cans and paper.
These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes.
Please click here to review the new policy.
Compact fluorescent lamps cfls.
You can call your local waste management and.
In illinois the newly amended universal waste rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps.
Waste management has updated our privacy policy effective on july 1 2020.
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.
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.
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.