Lamp recycling information for New Hampshire.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for New Hampshire, 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 New Hampshire treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a New Hampshire 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 must recycle all fluorescent and HID lamps or dispose of them as hazardous waste; they cannot go in the trash or dumpster. | NHDES, Universal Waste Lamps: Information for Small Businesses (HW-28, 2020) |
| Household lamps | By law, fluorescent lamps and CFLs cannot go to a landfill or incinerator; residents can recycle them at transfer stations, hardware stores and household hazardous waste events. | NHDES, Fluorescent Light Bulbs and Lamps |
| Crushing lamps | NHDES guidance says it is illegal to intentionally break fluorescent lamps. | NHDES Solid Waste Management Bureau, Best Management Practices for N.H. Solid Waste... |
| State program | Local lamp recycling through transfer stations, hardware stores and household hazardous waste collections: NHDES says universal waste lamps can be recycled at local transfer stations, hardware stores and household hazardous waste events or permanent facilities. | NHDES, Fluorescent Light Bulbs and Lamps |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in New Hampshire's universal waste program, citing Env-Hw 1100. | 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 | New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES). | NHDES, Universal Waste Lamps: Information for Small Businesses (HW-28, 2020) |
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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.
New Hampshire city pages.
Each city page carries the New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire facilities teams ask.
Can a business in New Hampshire put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Businesses must recycle all fluorescent and HID lamps or dispose of them as hazardous waste; they cannot go in the trash or dumpster. Send counts from your New Hampshire site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in New Hampshire?
NHDES guidance says it is illegal to intentionally break fluorescent 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 New Hampshire?
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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.