{"id":502,"date":"2012-09-26T07:05:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T11:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ehscsi.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2017-12-10T23:20:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T04:20:55","slug":"not-all-bulbs-are-created-equally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/not-all-bulbs-are-created-equally\/","title":{"rendered":"Not all bulbs are created equally"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the\u00a0last post<\/a> I summarized requirements for universal waste. \u00a0One waste stream that falls into this category are bulbs (lamps). \u00a0Did you know that not all lamps need to be managed as universal waste that, in fact, some are not even classified as hazardous waste or universal waste? Under federal law, lamps that exhibit the characteristic of toxicity<\/a> are considered hazardous and can be managed under the universal waste regulations discussed in the previous post. \u00a0Lamps that typically carry the toxicity characteristic for mercury are: metal halide, fluorescent, neon, HID, and mercury vapor. \u00a0Although low-mercury bulbs have significantly lower mercury content than fluorescent bulbs, they often are 10 to 20 times higher than the 0.2 milligrams per liter (mg\/L) limit. \u00a0Many bulbs may pass the Toxicity Characteristic Leachate Procedure (TCLP) evaluation for mercury (have less than 0.2 mg\/L) but not for other metals such lead, nickel, arsenic and silver. \u00a0If a lamp fails the TCLP procedure for any<\/strong> of the contaminants listed in 40 CFR 261.24<\/a> it is considered hazardous and a generator\/handler has the option to manage it as universal waste<\/a>. \u00a0Lamps that may fail for contaminants other than mercury include incandescent and LED lights–the level of contaminants depends a lot upon manufacturing process. \u00a0EPA requires management as hazardous waste unless the lamp has been tested to prove otherwise. \u00a0If your company generates a large amount of bulbs it may be cost beneficial to conduct a TCLP analysis with a local laboratory to determine if they are indeed hazardous. \u00a0If the bulbs are not hazardous, labeling, tracking of accumulation times, and training are not required and can relieve a significant regulatory burden from the company. \u00a0Whether hazardous or not recycling is highly recommended as the preferred method of disposal. \u00a0Find out more information on lamp recycling in these resources:<\/p>\n

Earth 911<\/a>
\nLamp Recycle
\nEPA FAQs on Lamp Recycling<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you have any other resources to share on lamp recycling? \u00a0If so join the conversation and leave a comment below.<\/p>\n

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In the\u00a0last post I summarized requirements for universal waste. \u00a0One waste stream that falls into this category are bulbs (lamps). \u00a0Did you know that not all lamps need to be managed as universal waste that, in fact, some are not even classified as hazardous waste or universal waste?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,55],"tags":[63,56,60,126],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ehs-compliance","category-hazardous-waste","tag-ehs-compliance-2","tag-hazardous-waste-2","tag-rcra","tag-universal-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":727,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehscsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}