Lamp recycling information for Texas.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Texas, 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 Texas treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Texas 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 | Texas businesses may manage hazardous lamps as universal waste, accumulate them up to one year, and must recycle them or send them to a permitted hazardous waste landfill. | TCEQ, RG-377 Universal-Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps and Mercury-Containing... |
| Household lamps | Texas's ban on putting hazardous waste lamps in municipal solid waste landfills does not apply to lamps from households. | TCEQ, RG-377 Universal-Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps and Mercury-Containing... |
| Crushing lamps | Lamp crushing is allowed only under the controlled conditions in 30 TAC 335.261(e), crushing entirely inside a drum or storage unit that captures the mercury. | TCEQ, RG-377 Universal-Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps and Mercury-Containing... |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Texas's universal waste program, citing Title 30 Part 1 Chapter 335 Sub Chapter H, Division 5. | 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 | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). | TCEQ, Managing Universal Waste |
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.
Texas city pages.
Each city page carries the Texas rules above, nearby cities and any local programs we verified. Send your ZIP code with the form for a written quote.
A to F
- Abilene
- Addison
- Alamo
- Aldine
- Alice
- Alief
- Allen
- Alvin
- Amarillo
- Angleton
- Arlington
- Atascocita
- Austin
- Balch Springs
- Bay City
- Baytown
- Beaumont
- Bedford
- Bellaire
- Belton
- Benbrook
- Big Spring
- Brenham
- Brownsville
- Brownwood
- Brushy Creek
- Bryan
- Burleson
- Canyon Lake
- Carrollton
- Cedar Hill
- Cedar Park
- Celina
- Channelview
- Cibolo
- Cinco Ranch
- Cleburne
- Cloverleaf
- College Station
- Colleyville
- Conroe
- Converse
- Coppell
- Copperas Cove
- Corinth
- Corpus Christi
- Corsicana
- Cypress
- Dallas
- DeSoto
- Deer Park
- Del Rio
- Denison
- Denton
- Dickinson
- Donna
- Dumas
- Duncanville
- Eagle Pass
- Edinburg
- El Paso
- Ennis
- Euless
- Farmers Branch
F to N
- Flower Mound
- Forney
- Fort Worth
- Fresno
- Friendswood
- Frisco
- Gainesville
- Galveston
- Garland
- Gatesville
- Georgetown
- Grand Prairie
- Grapevine
- Greenville
- Groves
- Haltom City
- Harker Heights
- Harlingen
- Hereford
- Highland Village
- Horizon City
- Houston
- Humble
- Huntsville
- Hurst
- Hutto
- Irving
- Jollyville
- Katy
- Keller
- Kerrville
- Killeen
- Kingsville
- Kyle
- La Marque
- La Porte
- Lake Jackson
- Lancaster
- Laredo
- League City
- Leander
- Lewisville
- Little Elm
- Longview
- Lubbock
- Lufkin
- Mansfield
- Marshall
- McAllen
- McKinney
- Mercedes
- Mesquite
- Midland
- Midlothian
- Mineral Wells
- Mission
- Mission Bend
- Missouri City
- Mount Pleasant
- Murphy
- Nacogdoches
- Nederland
- New Braunfels
N to W
- New Caney
- New Territory
- North Richland Hills
- Odessa
- Orange
- Palestine
- Pampa
- Paris
- Pasadena
- Pearland
- Pecan Grove
- Pflugerville
- Pharr
- Plainview
- Plano
- Port Arthur
- Portland
- Prosper
- Richardson
- Rockwall
- Rosenberg
- Round Rock
- Rowlett
- Sachse
- Saginaw
- San Angelo
- San Antonio
- San Benito
- San Juan
- San Marcos
- Schertz
- Seagoville
- Seguin
- Sherman
- Socorro
- South Houston
- Southlake
- Spring
- Stafford
- Stephenville
- Sugar Land
- Sulphur Springs
- Taylor
- Temple
- Terrell
- Texarkana
- Texas City
- The Colony
- The Woodlands
- Tyler
- Universal City
- University Park
- Uvalde
- Victoria
- Waco
- Watauga
- Waxahachie
- Weatherford
- Weslaco
- West Odessa
- White Settlement
- Wichita Falls
- Wylie
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 Texas facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Texas put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Texas businesses may manage hazardous lamps as universal waste, accumulate them up to one year, and must recycle them or send them to a permitted hazardous waste landfill. Send counts from your Texas site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Texas?
Lamp crushing is allowed only under the controlled conditions in 30 TAC 335.261(e), crushing entirely inside a drum or storage unit that captures the mercury. 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 Texas?
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 Texas 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 Texas site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.