How is controlled crushing regulated?
Controlled crushing of lamps is regulated under both federal and state hazardous and universal waste regulations. The federal universal waste regulations do not authorize on-site crushing of fluorescent lamps but do allow the States to write rules that will permit crushing on-site. The States of Illinois, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Colorado, Maryland and Montana have all passed rules that allow persons to crush lamps on-site under the universal waste regulations. Air Cycle Corporation is working with several States and expects these States to pass rules within the next year, which allow lamp crushing under universal waste rules. In States that allow crushing and classify crushed lamps as universal wastes, persons can generally store their waste lamps on-site for up to one year, can ship waste lamps off-site with a bill of lading rather than a hazardous waste manifest, and need not include their lamps when calculating their hazardous waste totals. Under state and federal hazar
Controlled crushing of lamps is regulated under both federal and state hazardous and universal waste regulations. The federal universal waste regulations do not authorize on-site crushing of fluorescent lamps but do allow the States to write rules that will permit crushing on-site. Most states allow the crushing of lamps on-site under the universal waste regulations. (Some states like Ohio do not have a universal waste category but do have a “Characteristic By-Products” classification. This classification is very similar to a universal waste classification.) There are still a few states that prohibit the Bulb Crushers which currently include California, Vermont, Minnesota, Missouri, Maine, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and West Virginia. New Jersey allows them provided the facility obtains a permit. In States that allow crushing and classify crushed lamps as universal wastes, persons can generally store their waste lamps on-site for up to one year, can ship was
