You can call your local waste management and.
Fluorescent lamp disposal waste management.
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.
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.
Compact fluorescent lamps cfls.
In illinois the newly amended universal waste rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps.
These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes.
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.
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.
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A hazardous waste collection event in your area will also accept energy efficient light bulbs for recycling.
Convenient solutions for bulbs batteries electronics.