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Texas waste codes for lamps and fluorescent tubes Spent fluorescent, mercury & other bulbs.

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Lamps and fluorescent tubes: 1 code.

Lamps and fluorescent tubes

Scope and quantity exemptions.

  • Inorganic solids

    Other inorganic solids

    Ordinary nonpumpable inorganic lamp waste outside an applicable universal-waste or other exempt route.

    When to use 319
Ordinary nonpumpable inorganic lamp waste is form code 319, outside universal-waste routes.

Which form fits lamps and fluorescent tubes?

FormWhen it fits
319Ordinary nonpumpable inorganic lamp waste that doesn't go by a universal-waste or other exempt route.

Can lamps and fluorescent tubes go as universal waste?

Eligible hazardous lamps can go as universal waste.

Nonhazardous lamps never become universal waste.

Household lamps and lamps from a qualifying very small quantity generator (VSQG) have a separate disposal exception in RG-377. Confirm the destination accepts them and check local controls.

What if fluorescent tubes break or get crushed?

Keep hazardous lamps in containers that stop breakage.

Crushing lamps or recovering their mercury doesn't automatically keep them in the lamp-handler route. Check the treatment and residue rules.

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