Lamp recycling information for Arkansas.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Arkansas, not confirmed service availability. Send your ZIP and counts; any pickup or mail-back option will be confirmed in a written quote.
- Fluorescent, CFL and HID
- Ballasts and batteries
- Availability checked by ZIP
- A record for every job
How Arkansas treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Arkansas agency, statute or EPA page we read. Where a row is missing, we could not verify it, and the federal baseline applies until the state says more.
| Topic | What applies | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Business lamps | Intact spent lamps that are hazardous may be managed as universal waste under Regulation 23 and sent only to other handlers or destination facilities. | Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Universal Hazardous Wastes |
| Crushing lamps | Handlers may not crush lamps they manage as universal waste; crushed or broken lamps fall under the regular solid and hazardous waste rules. | Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Universal Hazardous Wastes |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Arkansas's universal waste program, citing Regulation 23, 273-1. | EPA, Universal Waste Programs in the United States |
| Federal baseline | Under federal rules, business lamps can be managed as universal waste under 40 CFR Part 273. That means closed containers that prevent breakage, a label, and no more than one year in storage. | 40 CFR Part 273 |
| Regulator | Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). | Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Universal Hazardous Wastes |
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Read from the sources named, October 3, 2026. Rows appear only where a source was verified. Federal rules shown where noted. States can be stricter. Not legal advice.
Arkansas city pages.
Each city page carries the Arkansas rules above, nearby cities and any local programs we verified. Send your ZIP code with the form for a written quote.
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EPA's universal waste page lists fluorescent, HID, neon, mercury vapor, high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps. A fluorescent lamp holds 3.5 to 15 milligrams of mercury, per EPA. Universal waste can be stored for a year and ships without a hazardous waste manifest.
What Arkansas facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Arkansas put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Intact spent lamps that are hazardous may be managed as universal waste under Regulation 23 and sent only to other handlers or destination facilities. Send counts from your Arkansas site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Arkansas?
Handlers may not crush lamps they manage as universal waste; crushed or broken lamps fall under the regular solid and hazardous waste rules. Whole lamps are the simpler path: they ship as universal waste and keep their mercury inside until the recycler captures it.
How much does lamp recycling cost in Arkansas?
We reply with a written quote based on your counts and ZIP code. Public contracts price lamps by the foot, by the lamp or by the pound, often with a minimum charge per pickup. Our pricing page explains each unit.
Can you collect from a Arkansas site?
Send your ZIP code and rough counts with the form. We check whether pickup or mail-back is available there before quoting. A city page is not a service guarantee. Every completed job ends with a recycling record.
Federal rules shown where noted. States can be stricter. Not legal advice.
Related pages.
Lamps waiting at a Arkansas site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.