RCRA - STORAGE/DISPOSAL > Overview

All facilities that accumulate certain wastes, including batteries and mercury containing devices or lamps (e.g., fluorescent light bulbs) are subject to the universal waste management requirements in 40 CFR 273, which include:

• Procedures for managing waste batteries
• Following procedures for storing waste lamps
• Labeling,
• Tracking the length of time universal waste accumulates,
• Providing universal waste training
• Containing all universal waste releases and determining whether any released material is hazardous waste.

Continue on through this EVC activity to learn more about requirements for mercury-containing items. Many states also have their own, sometimes more stringent, regulations.