Lamp recycling information for Virginia.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Virginia, 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 Virginia treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Virginia 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 | Virginia businesses manage spent lamps as universal waste: label them, accumulate no more than one year, and ship only to another handler or a destination facility. | Virginia DEQ, Universal Waste Handler Requirements |
| Crushing lamps | Handlers may crush mercury lamps under 9VAC20-60-273 and 9VAC20-60-1505 with notification, secondary filtration, emissions monitoring, recordkeeping and, where applicable, closure financial assurance. | Virginia DEQ, Lamp Crushing Requirements |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Virginia's universal waste program, citing 9VAC20-60-273. | 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 | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). | Virginia DEQ, Universal Waste Requirements |
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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.
Virginia city pages.
Each city page carries the Virginia rules above, nearby cities and any local programs we verified. Send your ZIP code with the form for a written quote.
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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 Virginia facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Virginia put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Virginia businesses manage spent lamps as universal waste: label them, accumulate no more than one year, and ship only to another handler or a destination facility. Send counts from your Virginia site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Virginia?
Handlers may crush mercury lamps under 9VAC20-60-273 and 9VAC20-60-1505 with notification, secondary filtration, emissions monitoring, recordkeeping and, where applicable, closure financial assurance. 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 Virginia?
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 Virginia 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 Virginia site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.