Lamp recycling information for Florida.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Florida, 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 Florida treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Florida 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 | Businesses managing spent mercury lamps as universal waste must label containers, store lamps onsite no longer than one year, and keep shipment receipts for three years. | Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Best Management Practices: How to... |
| Household lamps | FDEP points residents to county Household Hazardous Waste centers, which operate in every Florida county, or to fluorescent lamp recycling facilities. | Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Consumers/Residential Mercury |
| Crushing lamps | Generators may crush their own lamps in a drum-top crusher only if the lamps go to recycling and the rule's conditions are met. Crushed lamps may not go to any Florida landfill. | Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Mercury Businesses |
| State program | County Household Hazardous Waste centers: Every Florida county has a Household Hazardous Waste program for hazardous materials generated in the home, which FDEP lists as a drop-off option for household mercury items. | Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Consumers/Residential Mercury |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Florida's universal waste program, citing 62-730.185. | 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 | Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). | Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Mercury Businesses |
Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
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.
Florida city pages.
Each city page carries the Florida rules above, nearby cities and any local programs we verified. Send your ZIP code with the form for a written quote.
A to H
- Alafaya
- Allapattah
- Altamonte Springs
- Apopka
- Auburndale
- Aventura
- Bartow
- Bayonet Point
- Bayshore Gardens
- Belle Glade
- Bellview
- Bloomingdale
- Boca Del Mar
- Boca Raton
- Bonita Springs
- Boynton Beach
- Bradenton
- Brandon
- Brent
- Brownsville
- Buenaventura Lakes
- Cantonment
- Cape Coral
- Carol City
- Carrollwood
- Carrollwood Village
- Casselberry
- Citrus Park
- Clearwater
- Clermont
- Cocoa
- Coconut Creek
- Coconut Grove
- Cooper City
- Coral Gables
- Coral Springs
- Coral Terrace
- Country Club
- Country Walk
- Crestview
- Cutler
- Cutler Bay
- Cutler Ridge
- Dania Beach
- Davie
- Daytona Beach
- DeBary
- DeLand
- Deerfield Beach
- Delray Beach
- Deltona
- Doral
- Dunedin
- East Lake
- East Lake-Orient Park
- East Pensacola Heights
- Edgewater
- Egypt Lake-Leto
- Ensley
- Estero
- Eustis
- Ferry Pass
- Flagami
- Fleming Island
- Florida Ridge
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Myers
- Fort Pierce
- Fort Walton Beach
- Fountainebleau
- Four Corners
- Fruit Cove
- Gainesville
- Glenvar Heights
- Golden Gate
- Golden Glades
- Greater Northdale
- Greenacres City
- Haines City
H to P
- Hallandale Beach
- Hialeah
- Hialeah Gardens
- Holiday
- Hollywood
- Homestead
- Immokalee
- Iona
- Ives Estates
- Jacksonville
- Jacksonville Beach
- Jasmine Estates
- Jupiter
- Kendale Lakes
- Kendall
- Kendall West
- Key West
- Keystone
- Kissimmee
- Lake Butler
- Lake Magdalene
- Lake Mary
- Lake Wales
- Lake Worth
- Lake Worth Corridor
- Lakeland
- Lakeside
- Land O' Lakes
- Largo
- Lauderdale Lakes
- Lauderhill
- Lealman
- Leesburg
- Lehigh Acres
- Leisure City
- Lutz
- Lynn Haven
- Maitland
- Marco Island
- Margate
- Meadow Woods
- Melbourne
- Merritt Island
- Miami
- Miami Beach
- Miami Gardens
- Miami Lakes
- Miramar
- Myrtle Grove
- Naples
- Navarre
- New Port Richey
- New Smyrna Beach
- Norland
- North Fort Myers
- North Lauderdale
- North Miami
- North Miami Beach
- North Port
- Oak Ridge
- Oakland Park
- Ocala
- Ocoee
- Ojus
- Opa-locka
- Orlando
- Ormond Beach
- Oviedo
- Pace
- Palm Bay
- Palm Beach Gardens
- Palm City
- Palm Coast
- Palm Harbor
- Palm River-Clair Mel
- Palm Springs
- Palm Valley
- Palmetto Bay
- Panama City
P to W
- Parkland
- Pembroke Pines
- Pensacola
- Pine Hills
- Pinecrest
- Pinellas Park
- Pinewood
- Plant City
- Plantation
- Poinciana
- Pompano Beach
- Ponte Vedra Beach
- Port Charlotte
- Port Orange
- Port Saint Lucie
- Princeton
- Punta Gorda
- Punta Gorda Isles
- Richmond West
- Riverview
- Riviera Beach
- Rockledge
- Royal Palm Beach
- Ruskin
- Safety Harbor
- Saint Cloud
- Saint Petersburg
- San Carlos Park
- Sanford
- Santa Rosa Beach
- Sarasota
- Sebastian
- Seminole
- South Bradenton
- South Miami Heights
- Southchase
- Spring Hill
- St. Johns
- Stuart
- Sun City Center
- Sunny Isles Beach
- Sunrise
- Sunset
- Tallahassee
- Tamarac
- Tamiami
- Tampa
- Tarpon Springs
- Tavares
- Temple Terrace
- The Crossings
- The Hammocks
- The Villages
- Three Lakes
- Titusville
- Town 'n' Country
- University
- University Park
- Valrico
- Venice
- Vero Beach
- Vero Beach South
- Wekiwa Springs
- Wellington
- Wesley Chapel
- West Little River
- West Melbourne
- West Palm Beach
- West Pensacola
- West and East Lealman
- Westchase
- Westchester
- Weston
- Winter Garden
- Winter Haven
- Winter Park
- Winter Springs
- Wright
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 Florida facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Florida put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Businesses managing spent mercury lamps as universal waste must label containers, store lamps onsite no longer than one year, and keep shipment receipts for three years. Send counts from your Florida site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Florida?
Generators may crush their own lamps in a drum-top crusher only if the lamps go to recycling and the rule's conditions are met. Crushed lamps may not go to any Florida landfill. 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 Florida?
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 Florida 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 Florida site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.