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SEP.-29'99(WED) 14:42 PGE/ENV CS TEL:415 9 3 9201 `08/3`/99 13:13 TOXi ON STANCES CONTROL -* 914159739201 Spent tluorasx ent light tutx` run'be recycled, allow. ing for the Recovery ot'thc mercury. glass-, and alumi- num cnd cup%. Within California. there are four facilities with Department authorizutiun to accept Iluures`' -m tubes for recycling. These fueilitcm are listed at the, end of this fact %beer- The department e ricouragesa the recycling of spent lluvrr sent light tubes in ®trier to eliminate thetir disposal to landfills acid the vnvironmcmtul proble mN that may result. There currently are no foci UCS authorized to accept bullavts for recycling within California. This situation is subject to change pending further technological development or the establishment of permitted facilities. The Department's interim policy currently allows a generator to dispose ay nonhazardous waste no more than a combined total or 25 spent fluorescent light tubes and HID lamps, reg2rdless of size, in a day. Quantities greater than this, which are destined for land dispersal, must be managed as a hazardous watite L.and are subject to land disposal restrictions. For more information an lane] disposal restrictions, contact the Department's Treatment Standards Unit at (916)x+ i9i:;: For P03-contuining baliusts. thcrc urc two disposal options: (1) incineration in an incinerator permitted to hum PC8 wtistc.. or (2) placement in lab packs anal thin disposal in a hu?Avdnuti wast` lundtell. Currently. there are no incincrutors oNrittinb in Calirurniu pentritted to tu:ceVt PCe wtlstcs. Then: ore incinerv. tors authorized to acixpt PCBv ttxawd asutside of Cuiirornia.'Thc only landrill in Calil'asrnitt that a:an accept httydNous PC'13 wusto,- is tlic Chainival Wale M:mag`emilt I'ucility to K`ttlemun HM,4. (2(w) 186- x171 I. E3 ■ P. 004 Becaus a spunt ttuvn:.sent light tuht s and HID lamps ure ha2urdaa% wastes. they need to be properly luhelcd as such if -stored onsite. If storage Is to he greater than 90 days. a Department permit or variance is required, Although use of a muniftst and regi:stored hauler is typicdlly requiredfioe'h idpux wa::t�'tracssportution, if a generator in transporting fluorescent tubes to an authorized ftuomaeent tube meycler they are only required to list the waste on a bill of lading and do not require a rcg6teced hauler. These conditions apply only to generators sending spent fluorescent tubes to an authorized recycler and not for spent tubes destined for land disposal. The tubes must be intact. not crushed. and preferably shipped in the containers in which the new lamps carne. The generator should contact the recycler for any further specific requirements, Ship- stient of'spent HID lamps and PCB -containing ballasts to an authorized treatment, storage or disposal (TSD) facility requires manifesting and transporting by a registered hazardous waste hauler. Further questions regarding stripping Can be directed to the Npartment's Transportation Unit at (9 l6)4a4-343&, The Department plans tt; continue-effbmg to encourage recycling of lighting wastes within California. Future efforts will includes increasing; spent fluorescent tube recycling capacity as well as esUiblis,hing H117 Inmp recycling Neilitie:s. If you have ally questions or `ommcnts, plcua` contact the Department at (916) 124.18021. I .