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RCRA waste codes for fluorescent lamps Tube & compact lamps with mercury vapor inside.

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Fluorescent and mercury lamps: 1 code.

Fluorescent and mercury lamps

  • Characteristic hazardous waste

    Mercury

    Mercury leaching from fluorescent and mercury lamps reaches the TCLP limit

    When to use D009
More on fluorescent and mercury lamps
Electrical equipment and fluorescent tubes, drawn for RCRA waste codes for fluorescent lamps. Tube & compact lamps with mercury vapor inside.
Toxic D009 hazardous waste. Fluorescent & mercury lamps take D009 when mercury leaches out at the TCLP limit.

Which RCRA codes apply to fluorescent and mercury lamps?

A lamp that is not hazardous waste is not universal waste.

CodeWhen it applies
D009Mercury in the leachate reaches the TCLP limit

How do I prove the code for fluorescent and mercury lamps?

Keep lamps intact and separate broken material. Mercury in a lamp doesn't make it D009 on its own.

Is there another way to manage fluorescent and mercury lamps?

Check the Universal-waste limits for the universal-waste route.

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