Lamp recycling information for California.

Businesses must send waste fluorescent tubes and bulbs to an authorized recycling facility and keep documentation showing the lamps were managed properly. Send counts from your California site and we reply with a written quote.

California universal waste regulations do not allow tube crushers; anyone considering one must contact DTSC about permit requirements. Whole lamps are the simpler path: they ship as universal waste and keep their mercury inside until the recycler captures it.

AB 2208 bans sale of new screw-base and bayonet-base CFLs from January 1, 2024, and pin-base CFLs and linear fluorescent tubes from January 1, 2025. When new tubes get hard to buy, fixtures tend to convert to LED and the old lamps, ballasts and batteries all come out at once.

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.

Residents may not put mercury-containing lamps in the trash or household recycling bins; many retailers and local agencies accept them for recycling. We serve businesses, property managers and contractors rather than households, so home lamps are best taken to a local collection program.

The Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022 requires battery producers to run a stewardship program to collect and recycle covered batteries. For lithium batteries, EPA asks that each one be bagged on its own or have its terminals taped before it ships.