Environmental Health, Safety, and Risk Management
Universal Waste
Universal wastes, while still hazardous, are special categories of waste that have been created to deal with these wastes in a special manner. This may be due to lower hazard, or large quantities of a special waste, to aid in the proper handling, storage, or to facilitate proper disposal and recycling of these wastes.
Common types of Universal Wastes include:
- Lamps (light bulbs)
- Electronic Devices
- Batteries
- Non-empty Aerosol Cans
- Empty aerosol cans on the other hand as defined in the linked document may be discarded as solid waste, or recycled as scrap metal (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, § 66266.2(b)(7)).
- Mercury Thermostats
- Mercury Switches
- Dental Amalgam
- Rubber Flooring
- Waste Mercury Gas Flow Meters
- Drained Mercury
- Mercury Weighted Tubing
- Used Mercury Novelties
- Waste Mercury Counterweights
- Waste Mercury Gauges
- CRT(s) (Cathode Ray Tubes - aka: glass screen Televisions)
