Please Note:  If you are a residential customer and have less than 40 bulbs, contact your local city hall and ask if your city has drop off locations for its residents to dispose of light bulbs. 

Recycling of lamp (bulb) components is the recommended method of disposal by the Environmental Protection Agency and helps to minimize facility liability. Packaging of bulbs properly coupled with recycling of the bulbs will greatly reduce the mercury dilemma and create a much safer environment.

According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, "Because of concerns about mercury, Minnesota law bans fluorescent lamps from disposal in the trash, and directs that they must be recycled. This applies to fluorescent lights of all shapes and sizes, including CFLs (Minn. Stat. § 115A.932)"

• Consumer education. Starting in June 2008, Minnesota law will require retailers that sell fluorescent lamps at retail to post this notice in a manner clearly visible to a consumer: “Fluorescent bulbs save energy and reduce environmental pollution. Note: Fluorescent bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and must be recycled at the end of their use. Contact your county or utility for recycling options.” (Minn. Stat. § 325E.127).
• Required utility program. Minnesota law also requires utilities with 200,000 or more customers to establish a system to collect spent fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps from households and from small businesses that generate an average of fewer than ten spent lamps per year. (Minn. Stat. § 216B.241) Currently, this law applies to one Minnesota utility (Xcel Energy).

At a glance:

• Because of mercury concerns, recycling fluorescent bulbs is highly recommended by the Minnesota EPA and is required for many facilities throughout the state
• Crushing fluorescent bulbs is allowed in Minnesota are considered universal waste in Minnesota
• Prepaid recycling by mail is allowed in Minnesota

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At BulbCycle Light Bulb Recycling and Disposal, we work with government, private companies, hospitals, banks, retail stores, schools, and colleges throughout all of the state of Minnesota. We support Fluorescent lamp recycling and disposal from all the regions throughout the state. These areas include: North Minnesota, Central Minnesota, Southeast Minnesota, and the other regions St Paul and Minneapolis . Contact us at info@bulbcycle.com or Call us at (858) 412-6536 with any questions regarding recycling lamps or bulbs in your area.