UW for Residents - Resources and Contacts

• Managing Universal Waste: Rules for Managing Some Common Wastes - July 2008   
  
• SB1158 Designates Aerosol Cans as “Universal Waste”  - May 2005
  
• It is Illegal for Most Firms to Discard Fluorescent Light Tubes in the Trash!  - May 2007
  

• New Waste Disposal Rules Apply to Batteries, Fluorescent Lights Four-Year Exemption for Households, Small Businesses to Expire.   January 2006
  http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-07.pdf
  
• Cal EPA: Potentially Toxic Household Items No Longer Allowed in Trash Bins of California Homes or Businesses State’s New Waste Rule affects products in everyday use. February 2006 
  http://www.calepa.ca.gov/PressRoom/Releases/2006/PR7-020906.pdf

• Universal Waste – More Specific Information and Explanations 
  
• Universal Waste – General Background and Links
  
• Zero Waste - Identifies What Has Been Banned from the Trash      
    

• California Recycling
  
• Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)'s site - E-Waste Management Directory
  
• US EPA - General Recycling

• County Household Hazardous Waste Programs
  http://ccelearn.csus.edu/mercurylamp/content/resources5.htm  
  
• Call2Recycle, Inc. has provided battery recycling assistance for years, and their website can create a list of local participating retailers: http://www.call2recycle.org/

• For a location to dispose of your waste lamps go to the county listing of locations at:
  http://ccelearn.csus.edu/mercurylamp/content/resources5.htm
  
• Lamp Recycle.Org
  http://www.lamprecycle.org   

• DTSC - Electronic Hazardous Waste (E-Waste) –Facts and Information regarding E-Waste
  http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/EWaste/index.cfm

Western Aerosol Information Bureau
http://www.waib.org