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Where to Dispose of CFLs

The JEA, the City of Jacksonville and participating Green Partners Adobe Acrobat PDF Document retailers have partnered to create a convenient system for disposing of spent compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). Only CFLs from Duval County residents will be collected. Broken CFLs and any other types of fluorescent lighting (such as tubes) will not be collected.

Click here to learn more about CFLs, where to use them in your home and how to get a $1.50 discount on your next CFL purchase.

Please see below for how non-targeted lights should be disposed.

How the Partnership Works
Duval County residents collect their spent CFLs and take them to a participating JEA Green Partner retailer Adobe Acrobat PDF Document for disposal. JEA’s Green Partner retailers provide the disposal locations, JEA provides transportation to the City of Jacksonville (COJ) Household Hazardous Waste Collection site. The City will then send them to a recycling facility for mercury recovery.

Did You Know?
Spent residential CFLs collected for recycling are not regulated as a hazardous waste.

How to Dispose Non-Targeted Lights

  • Non-Duval County Residents
    Contact your county or city solid waste program for guidance. Click here for locations of your county’s household hazardous waste collection sites.
  • Residential Fluorescent Tubes
    There are two options for disposal:
    1. Take tubes to the COJ Household Hazardous Waste Collection site at 2675 Commonwealth Avenue.
    2. Take them to a COJ Household Hazardous Waste mobile collection sites. Click here for dates and locations.
  • Broken CFLs
    Much of the mercury in a CFL is in a vapor and is lost to the atmosphere. Place the remnants of the broken bulb in a sealed plastic bag and dispose with household garbage or transport to a household hazardous waste collection site. For guidance on dealing with broken CFLs visit the Environmental Protection Agency’s website Adobe Acrobat PDF Document.
  • Commercial Sources of CFLs and Fluorescent Tubes
    Commercial bulbs and tubes are not accepted at the COJ Household Hazardous Waste facility and are regulated as a universal waste and subject to Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) rules.
  • Please refer to the Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 62-737 Adobe Acrobat PDF Document for rules governing the management of spent mercury containing lamps.

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