Lamp recycling information for Indiana.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Indiana, 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 Indiana treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Indiana 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 manage spent mercury lamps as universal waste under 329 IAC 3.1-16, in closed, sound containers that prevent spills, and may not intentionally break or crush them. | Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Managing Waste: Universal Waste |
| Household lamps | IDEM says fluorescent bulbs need special handling and points residents to their local solid waste management district for disposal options. | IDEM, Community Environmental Health: Assorted Items That May Contain Mercury |
| Crushing lamps | Indiana universal waste handlers, small and large, may not intentionally break or crush universal waste lamps. | Indiana Administrative Code 329 IAC 3.1-16-2, Exceptions and additions; petitions to... |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Indiana's universal waste program, citing 329 IAC 3.1-16. | 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 | Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). | Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Managing Waste: 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.
Indiana city pages.
Each city page carries the Indiana 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 Indiana facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Indiana put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Businesses manage spent mercury lamps as universal waste under 329 IAC 3.1-16, in closed, sound containers that prevent spills, and may not intentionally break or crush them. Send counts from your Indiana site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Indiana?
Indiana universal waste handlers, small and large, may not intentionally break or crush universal waste lamps. 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 Indiana?
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 Indiana 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 Indiana site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.