Lamp recycling information for Kansas.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Kansas, 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 Kansas treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Kansas 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 with hazardous mercury lamps must manage them as hazardous waste or as universal waste, accumulating universal waste lamps for no more than one year. | Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Spent Fluorescent Lamps Containing... |
| Household lamps | KDHE encourages households to recycle all mercury lamps, using county household hazardous waste facilities or retailers. | Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Spent Fluorescent Lamps Containing... |
| Crushing lamps | Deliberately broken lamps cannot be managed as universal waste; crushing hazardous lamps is hazardous waste treatment, exempt from permitting only in a unit meeting federal container rules. | Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Spent Fluorescent Lamps Containing... |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Kansas's universal waste program, citing 28-31-273. | 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 | Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). | Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Spent Fluorescent Lamps Containing... |
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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.
Kansas city pages.
Each city page carries the Kansas rules above, nearby cities and any local programs we verified. Send your ZIP code with the form for a written quote.
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 Kansas facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Kansas put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Businesses with hazardous mercury lamps must manage them as hazardous waste or as universal waste, accumulating universal waste lamps for no more than one year. Send counts from your Kansas site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Kansas?
Deliberately broken lamps cannot be managed as universal waste; crushing hazardous lamps is hazardous waste treatment, exempt from permitting only in a unit meeting federal container rules. 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 Kansas?
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 Kansas 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 Kansas site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.