Lamp recycling information for Ohio.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Ohio, 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 Ohio treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Ohio 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 | Ohio businesses handling universal waste lamps must keep them in closed, structurally sound containers that prevent breakage and promptly contain any broken lamps. | Ohio Laws, Ohio Administrative Code Rule 3745-273-13 |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Ohio's universal waste program, citing OAC 3745 Chapter 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 | Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA). | Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, home page |
Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
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.
Ohio city pages.
Each city page carries the Ohio rules above, nearby cities and any local programs we verified. Send your ZIP code with the form for a written quote.
A to F
- Akron
- Alliance
- Ashland
- Ashtabula
- Athens
- Aurora
- Austintown
- Avon
- Avon Center
- Avon Lake
- Barberton
- Bay Village
- Beavercreek
- Berea
- Boardman
- Bowling Green
- Broadview Heights
- Brook Park
- Brunswick
- Canton
- Centerville
- Chillicothe
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Cleveland Heights
- Columbus
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Dayton
- Defiance
- Delaware
- Dublin
- East Cleveland
- Eastlake
- Elyria
- Euclid
- Fairborn
- Fairfield
- Fairview Park
- Findlay
- Forest Park
- Fremont
G to P
- Gahanna
- Garfield Heights
- Green
- Grove City
- Hamilton
- Hilliard
- Huber Heights
- Hudson
- Kent
- Kettering
- Lakewood
- Lancaster
- Lebanon
- Lima
- Lorain
- Mansfield
- Maple Heights
- Marion
- Marysville
- Mason
- Massillon
- Mayfield Heights
- Medina
- Mentor
- Miamisburg
- Middleburg Heights
- Middletown
- Mount Vernon
- New Philadelphia
- Newark
- Niles
- North Canton
- North Olmsted
- North Ridgeville
- North Royalton
- Norwalk
- Norwood
- Oregon
- Oxford
- Painesville
- Parma
P to Z
- Parma Heights
- Pataskala
- Perrysburg
- Pickerington
- Piqua
- Portsmouth
- Reynoldsburg
- Riverside
- Rocky River
- Sandusky
- Shaker Heights
- Sidney
- Solon
- South Euclid
- Springboro
- Springfield
- Steubenville
- Stow
- Streetsboro
- Strongsville
- Sylvania
- Tallmadge
- Tiffin
- Toledo
- Trotwood
- Troy
- Twinsburg
- Upper Arlington
- Vandalia
- Wadsworth
- Warren
- Westerville
- Westlake
- White Oak
- Whitehall
- Willoughby
- Wooster
- Xenia
- Youngstown
- Zanesville
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 Ohio facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Ohio put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Ohio businesses handling universal waste lamps must keep them in closed, structurally sound containers that prevent breakage and promptly contain any broken lamps. Send counts from your Ohio site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Ohio?
The Ohio sources we read did not settle this, so check with the state agency first. EPA treats drum-top crushing as treatment, and several states ban it. Whole lamps ship as universal waste and keep their mercury inside.
How much does lamp recycling cost in Ohio?
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 Ohio 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 Ohio site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.