Solid Waste State Resource Locator
Connecticut
Primary State Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Primary State Solid Waste Page
- Construction and Demolition Waste
- Hazardous Waste
- Universal Waste
- Universal Wastes in Connecticut include:
- batteries (e.g., lithium, nickel-cadmium, mercury, silver-oxide, and lead-acid batteries -- unless recycled under other regulations);
- pesticides;
- electric lamps (e.g., fluorescent, high intensity discharge, sodium vapor, and mercury vapor);
- consumer electronics; and
- thermostats.
Certain other battery types (e.g. alkaline and carbon zinc cells that have been manufactured without mercury) may not be classified as hazardous wastes, and would therefore not fall under the Universal Waste Rule. However, as a matter of responsible practice, such batteries should be collected and sent to recycling facilities, rather than being landfilled.
- Regulations
- Medical Waste
- Recycling
- County and Municipal Codes and Ordinances
- More Information
- Universal Waste Rule This fact sheet is designed to answer general questions and provide basic information on management of universal wastes in Connecticut.
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