Hazardous Waste

Universal Waste

Waste fluorescent lamps and rechargeable batteries are hazardous and cannot be disposed as regular trash.  At ±«Óãtv, these wastes are managed under EPA’s universal waste regulations (), which streamline the hazardous waste management standards for these categories of hazardous waste. The streamlined regulations:

  • promote the collection and recycling of universal waste,
  • ease the regulatory burden on generators and transporters , and
  • encourage the development of municipal and commercial programs to reduce the quantity of these wastes going to municipal solid waste landfills or combustors.

Contact Facilities Management - Services at (813) 974-2500 for disposal of fluorescent lamps and rechargeable batteries generated at ±«Óãtv.