Lamp recycling information for Colorado.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Colorado, 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 Colorado treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Colorado 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New lamp sales | HB23-1161 bans manufacture, distribution, and sale of linear fluorescent lamps and compact fluorescent lamps in Colorado from January 1, 2025. | Colorado General Assembly, Environmental Standards For Appliances (HB23-1161) |
| Batteries | The Colorado Battery Stewardship Act (SB 25-163) requires battery producers to fund statewide collection and recycling, with compliant-brand sales required from August 1, 2027. | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Battery Stewardship and... |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Colorado's universal waste program, citing 6 CCR 1007-3 Part 273. | 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 | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Hazardous waste management... |
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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.
Colorado city pages.
Each city page carries the Colorado 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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HB23-1161 bans manufacture, distribution, and sale of linear fluorescent lamps and compact fluorescent lamps in Colorado from January 1, 2025.
A sales ban stops new lamps from being sold. The lamps already in your fixtures still need recycling when they come out. Source: Colorado General Assembly, Environmental Standards For Appliances (HB23-1161).
What Colorado facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Colorado put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
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. Send counts from your Colorado site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Colorado?
The Colorado sources we read did not settle this, so check with the state agency first. EPA treats drum-top crushing as treatment, and several states ban it. Whole lamps ship as universal waste and keep their mercury inside.
Is Colorado banning fluorescent tubes?
HB23-1161 bans manufacture, distribution, and sale of linear fluorescent lamps and compact fluorescent lamps in Colorado 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.
Can you collect from a Colorado 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 Colorado site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.