Can Fluorescent Light Bulbs Go In The Trash. Place that bag inside another resealable plastic bag and dispose of the light tube in your household trash. Otherwise if you have large quantities please contact a private disposal firm.
The City of Houston will accept fluorescent light bulbs and tubes from residents at the Environmental Service Center and the Westpark Consumer. Place needles in a thick plastic container with screw-on cap labeled SHARPS Paint empty dry cans. We recommend you wrap them in newspaper to avoid possible injury.
First most sanitation departments are strictly forbidden from taking fluorescent lightbulbs.
You certainly can but you absolutely should not for several reasons. You may be able to dispose of a few intact ballasts containing PCBs the same as ordinary trash or at a household hazardous waste collection event or drop-off location sponsored by your county. Learn more about CFLs and mercury. This depends on what region of the world you are in and what your country allows in their landfill burial sites.
