Lamp recycling information for Georgia.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Georgia, 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 Georgia treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Georgia 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 used mercury lamps as universal waste must recycle them at a permitted facility, keep them containerized and labeled, and ship them out within one year. | Georgia EPD, What You Should Know About Managing Your Used Mercury-Containing Lamps... |
| Household lamps | Households are exempt from Georgia's universal waste lamp rules; EPD recommends recycling whenever possible. | Georgia EPD, What You Should Know About Managing Your Used Mercury-Containing Lamps... |
| Crushing lamps | Lamps broken intentionally in a lamp crushing device must be managed as hazardous waste for mercury, not as universal waste. | Georgia EPD, What You Should Know About Managing Your Used Mercury-Containing Lamps... |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Georgia's universal waste program, citing 391-3-11-.18. | 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 | Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD). | Georgia EPD, What You Should Know About Managing Your Used Mercury-Containing Lamps... |
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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.
Georgia city pages.
Each city page carries the Georgia 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 Georgia facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Georgia put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Businesses managing used mercury lamps as universal waste must recycle them at a permitted facility, keep them containerized and labeled, and ship them out within one year. Send counts from your Georgia site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Georgia?
Lamps broken intentionally in a lamp crushing device must be managed as hazardous waste for mercury, not as universal waste. 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 Georgia?
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 Georgia 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 Georgia site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.