UW for Residents - Resources and Contacts

DTSC Fact Sheets:

Managing Universal Waste: Rules for Managing Some Common Wastes. June 2003
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/EWaste/upload/HWM_FS_UWR.pdf

News Releases:

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 Links:

U.S. EPA:
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/univwast/index.htm

Integrated Waste Management Board

Universal Waste – More specific information and explanations
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/WPIE/HazSub/UniWaste.htm
Universal Waste – General Background and Links http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LEACentral/UniWaste/default.htm
Zero Waste – identifies what has been banned from the trash http://www.zerowaste.ca.gov/

General Recycling Links:

Batteries:

County Household Hazardous Waste Programs
http://ccelearn.csus.edu/mercurylamp/content/resources5.htm
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation has provided battery recycling assistance for years, and their website can create a list of local participating retailers:
http://rbrc.org/index.html

Lamps:

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.nema.org/lamprecycle/recyclers.html

E-Waste:

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

Aerosol Cans:

For additional questions, you can contact:
Regulatory Assistance Officers
(800) 728-6942, or (800) 72TOXIC