Lamp recycling information for Wyoming.
This page covers lamp recycling rules for Wyoming, 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 Wyoming treats spent lamps.
Each row comes from a Wyoming 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 | Wyoming businesses handling mercury lamps as universal waste may not dispose of them and must send them for recycling; universal waste lamps do not count toward generator category. | Wyoming DEQ Solid & Hazardous Waste Division, Mercury-Containing Lamp & Ballast... |
| Household lamps | Unless the local landfill prohibits it, households may dispose of lamps in municipal landfills, sealed in a plastic bag. | Wyoming DEQ Solid & Hazardous Waste Division, Mercury-Containing Lamp & Ballast... |
| Crushing lamps | WDEQ discourages crushing; crushed lamps lose universal waste status and need a hazardous waste determination, plus ventilation, training and carbon filtration. | Wyoming DEQ Solid & Hazardous Waste Division, Mercury-Containing Lamp & Ballast... |
| Universal waste | EPA's state table lists lamps in Wyoming's universal waste program, citing Section 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 | Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ). | Wyoming DEQ Solid & Hazardous Waste Division, Mercury-Containing Lamp & Ballast... |
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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 Wyoming facilities teams ask.
Can a business in Wyoming put fluorescent tubes in the trash?
Wyoming businesses handling mercury lamps as universal waste may not dispose of them and must send them for recycling; universal waste lamps do not count toward generator category. Send counts from your Wyoming site and we reply with a written quote.
Can lamps be crushed in Wyoming?
WDEQ discourages crushing; crushed lamps lose universal waste status and need a hazardous waste determination, plus ventilation, training and carbon filtration. 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 Wyoming?
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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming site?
Send rough counts and your ZIP. The written quote will confirm whether pickup or mail-back is available for that location.