Lamp recycling information for Connecticut.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Connecticut, 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
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- A record for every job
How Connecticut treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Connecticut 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 | All non-household users of mercury-added lamps are required by Connecticut law to recycle their spent lamps. | CT DEEP, Safe and Environmentally Sound Management of Mercury-Added Lamps |
| Household lamps | DEEP says spent mercury-added lamps from homes should go to local household hazardous waste collection programs or municipal transfer stations. | CT DEEP, Safe and Environmentally Sound Management of Mercury-Added Lamps |
| Batteries | Public Act No. 25-34 (2025) creates an extended producer responsibility law requiring manufacturers to finance collection and recycling of consumer batteries up to 25 pounds. | CT DEEP, Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Stewardship |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Connecticut's universal waste program, citing 22a-449(c)-100 through 119. | 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 | Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). | CT DEEP, Universal Waste |
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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.
Connecticut city pages.
Each city page carries the Connecticut 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 Connecticut facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Connecticut put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
All non-household users of mercury-added lamps are required by Connecticut law to recycle their spent lamps. Send counts from your Connecticut site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Connecticut?
The Connecticut 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.
How much does lamp recycling cost in Connecticut?
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 Connecticut 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.
What should households in Connecticut do with old lamps?
DEEP says spent mercury-added lamps from homes should go to local household hazardous waste collection programs or municipal transfer stations. We serve businesses, property managers and contractors rather than households, so home lamps are best taken to a local collection program.
Does Connecticut have a battery recycling law?
Public Act No. 25-34 (2025) creates an extended producer responsibility law requiring manufacturers to finance collection and recycling of consumer batteries up to 25 pounds. For lithium batteries, EPA asks that each one be bagged on its own or have its terminals taped before it ships.
Federal rules shown where noted. States can be stricter. Not legal advice.
Related pages.
Lamps waiting at a Connecticut site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.