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Mercury-Containing Bulb Collection and Recycling in Region 10
Some links exit EPA 
- Find recycling in:
Alaska | Idaho | Oregon | Washington - Ikea stores participating in light bulb recycling
Many Ikea stores across the U.S. provide light bulb recycling services. Click the link above to find participating locations.
More about Ikea's light bulb recycling program
- Home Depot stores participating in CFL recycling
The Home Depot has a national recycling program that accepts expired CFLs at every store location for free. Click the link above to find a store near you.
The Home Depot CFL bulb recycling program (PDF) (2 pp, 32K, About PDF)
Alaska
Additional information for Alaska
Collection/Recycling Facilities
Contact your local city or borough offices for information on recycling centers in your area or call the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Environmental Health's Solid Waste Program at (907) 269-7644 .
Idaho
Additional information for Idaho
- City of Boise: About cleaning up mercury spills (PDF) (4 pp, 27K, About PDF)
- Local information about household hazardous waste collections programs:
Collection/Recycling Facilities
Contact your local city or county offices for information on recycling centers in your area or call the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality's Waste Management and Remediation Division at (208) 373-0502.
Oregon
Additional information for Oregon
- Local information about household hazardous waste collections programs:
Oregon Collection Locations for Household Hazardous Waste
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) lists collection sites around the state. In most cases, businesses are allowed to drop off their mercury-containing bulbs as well.
If there is no household hazardous waste disposal program available in your county or nearby counties, call the DEQ solid waste technical assistance staff member in the nearest DEQ regional office regarding free pick-up of mercury from your home by a DEQ hazardous waste contractor.
For additional information about
household hazardous waste collection in your area, call 1-800-732-9253.
Washington
(The City of Seattle and King, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties prohibit disposal of mercury-containing bulbs in the trash.)
Additional information for Washington
- Govlink: About fluorescent lamps and mercury
- Ecology: About fluorescent light bulb recycling (PDF) (2 pp, 36K, About PDF)
- Local information about fluorescent bulb collection and recycling programs:
- Clark County: Fluorescent bulb recycling and disposal
- King County: Fluorescent bulb recycling locations
- Kitsap County Fluorescent bulb recycling locations
- Seattle and King County: Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
- Snohomish County: Solid waste recycling locations
- Spokane: Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
- Thurston County: Fluorescent bulb recycling locations
- Thurston County: Additional Information about fluorescent lamps
Collection / Recycling Facilities
Washington's Department of Ecology (Ecology)
maintains a database of recycling opportunities available in Washington State. Use the dropdown menus to find recycing opportunities in your county.
- Under "Type of Service" select "drop off and buy back sites"
- Under "Select Recyclable Material Category" select "household hazardous waste"
- Under "Specific Material Types" select "Mercury (from households)"
- Other fields are self-explanatory
Residents may also dial 1-800-RECYCLE and talk to a real person, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday (except holidays).
Bartell Drugs
Bartell Drugs has a pilot recycling program that accepts expired CFLs at every store location for free. Click the link above to find a store near you.
