Increases the time you may store waste lamps.Eliminates their contribution to your total volume of hazardous waste.Eliminates manifests (except when lamps are transported through or are treated or disposed in states not recognizing waste lamps as universal waste).Eliminates permits for universal waste handlers and transporters.Managing waste lamps under the streamlined requirements of the Illinois Universal Waste Rule: How does the Illinois Universal Waste Rule help me? accept the lamp maker's written claim the lamps are not hazardous.In order to manage these lamps properly, you may: How can I be sure my waste lamps are hazardous? Specifically, households should take their used lamps to a household hazardous waste collection or one of the recyclers listed in this fact sheet. However the Illinois EPA strongly encourages households to manage their used lamps in accordance with the guidance in this fact sheet. Households may dispose of their used lamps as municipal waste.
State regulations) or you may follow RCRA requirements for hazardous-waste handling, storage, treatment and disposal. In Illinois, commercial and industrial facilities may follow the Universal Waste Rule described in this fact sheet (and in What are my options for managing hazardous lamps? The Illinois Universal Waste Rule encourages hazardous waste lamps to be properly collected, and subsequently recycled or disposed of. Pesticides, thermostats and batteries also can be classified as universal wastes. Wastes in this special category of hazardous waste are called "universal" because they are broadly generated. The Illinois Pollution Control Board amended the Illinois Universal Waste Rule (on April 2, 1998) to cover lamps that meet the definition of hazardous waste. In Illinois, the newly amended Universal Waste Rule encourages recycling or proper disposal of waste lamps. These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes. Used fluorescent and HID lamps may be classified as hazardous waste due to their mercury content and are thus regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). In addition, when used lamps are collected as municipal waste and disposed in a solid waste landfill the possibility exists that the mercury they contain may be released into the landfill's leachte and then potentially migrate out the the landfill. When broken, these lamps release mercury and other metals that damage the environment. Improper handling or disposal of used fluorescent and high density discharge lamps damages the environment. Why is proper handling and disposal of used fluorescent lamps important? Lamps in both of thses categories can contain mercury and thus most be properly managed. HID lamps (mercury-vapor, metal-halide and high-pressure sodium) are used for street lights, floodlights and industrial lighting. Fluorescent lamps illuminate countless businesses, stores, schools and homes. It is not intended to replace, interpret or modify the regulations for managing used fluorescent and high-intensity-discharge (HID) lamp wastes in Illinois. This fact sheet is for general information only. Facts on Compact Fluorescent Lamps & Proper Disposal
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