Lamp recycling information for Montana.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Montana, 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 Montana treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Montana 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 hazardous lamps as universal waste: they may not dispose of them, must mark containers, and may hold them no longer than one year. | Montana DEQ, Hazardous Waste |
| Household lamps | Montana DEQ says waste generated by a household is not regulated as hazardous or universal waste; the page does not say whether lamps may go in the trash. | Montana DEQ, Hazardous Waste |
| Crushing lamps | Small and large quantity handlers of universal waste may crush spent lamps, but only within strict limits. | Montana DEQ, Hazardous Waste |
| State program | Universal Waste Lamp Recyclers List: Montana DEQ publishes a list of universal waste lamp recyclers to help handlers find a recycling destination. | Montana DEQ, Hazardous Waste |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Montana's universal waste program, citing ARM 17.53 Subchapter 13. | 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 | Montana Department of Environmental Quality (Montana DEQ). | Montana DEQ, Hazardous 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.
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 Montana facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Montana put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Businesses manage spent hazardous lamps as universal waste: they may not dispose of them, must mark containers, and may hold them no longer than one year. Send counts from your Montana site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Montana?
Small and large quantity handlers of universal waste may crush spent lamps, but only within strict limits. 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 Montana?
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 Montana 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 Montana site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.