Light Bulb Recycling in Kennesaw, GA
Lamp recycling for Kennesaw, Marietta, and metro Atlanta, with weekday drop-off at our Town Point Drive facility, pickup for businesses within about 100 miles, and prepaid bulb kits by mail.
Fluorescent tubes, CFLs, and HID lamps contain mercury, and Georgia expects businesses to send them to a permitted recycler rather than a dumpster. Recycle Technologies takes lamps from households and companies at our Kennesaw facility, 3400 Town Point Dr NW, Suite 130, in Cobb County. We accept straight, U-bend, and circular tubes, CFLs, metal halide and high-pressure sodium lamps, LED, UV, neon, halogen, and incandescent bulbs. Stop by on a weekday, ship a small batch in a kit, or set up a business pickup, and the mercury we recover goes to our own facility in Greenwood, Indiana.
Our Kennesaw Light Bulb Recycling Center
Kennesaw Recycling Center (Cobb County)
Phone
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Before you come
Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred. Call ahead, and the team will direct you to the drop-off area.
Available Service Options
Drop-off for residents and businesses
Weekdays, with an appointment preferred for faster unloading.
Business pickup
Within roughly 100 miles of Kennesaw, with packing materials available before your pickup.
Mail-in
Prepaid bulb kits for a few lamps at a time.
Bulbs and Lamps We Recycle in Kennesaw
A bag of burned-out CFLs from an Acworth garage and a pallet of 4-foot tubes from a Marietta office retrofit get the same careful handling. We accept:
Straight fluorescent tubes, including plastic-coated and shielded types
Green-tipped fluorescent tubes
U-bend and circular fluorescent lamps
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)
HID lamps, such as metal halide and high-pressure sodium
LED bulbs
UV lamps and cold cathode lamps like neon and argon
Flood, halogen, and incandescent bulbs
Removing old fixtures too? Our Kennesaw facility also takes ballasts and mercury devices. If you're unsure whether a lamp qualifies, call 770-426-5000 before you come.
Packing Lamps for Transport
Federal Department of Transportation rules govern how bulbs are packed for shipping, so place lamps in the boxes your replacements arrive in or in a fiber bin. Keep tubes snug so they can't slide around, and set aside any that are already cracked. Businesses on a pickup schedule can have packing materials dropped off ahead of time.
What Happens to Your Bulbs
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Pick a method
Bring lamps to Town Point Drive, schedule a business pickup, or order a mail-in kit.
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Box them up
Use original cartons or a fiber bin to prevent breakage.
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Hand them off
Unload at our facility, stage boxes for the driver, or ship the kit.
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Separation
Glass, aluminum end caps, and mercury-bearing phosphor powder are split apart.
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Recovery
Glass goes to industrial reuse, end caps go to an aluminum salvage partner, and the mercury material is sent to our Greenwood, Indiana facility for recovery. A certificate of recycling follows.
Light Bulb Recycling Options in Kennesaw, GA
Drop-Off
Searching for light bulb recycling near you in Kennesaw, Acworth, Marietta, or Woodstock? Bring boxed lamps to 3400 Town Point Dr NW on a weekday between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Households and businesses are both welcome, and while walk-ins are fine, booking ahead with a call to 770-426-5000 gets you unloaded faster, especially with a big load or broken tubes.
The same stop can include batteries, electronics, and mercury devices.
See every Recycle Technologies drop-off location.
Commercial Pickup
Apartment communities, property managers, school districts, hospitals, warehouses along I-75 and I-575, retail centers and electrical contractors finishing LED retrofits can schedule pickup instead of hauling lamps. Business pickup covers roughly 100 miles around Kennesaw, reaching Atlanta, Smyrna, Roswell, Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, Canton, Cartersville and Rome.
For an accurate quote, send:
Location: street address, city and ZIP code
Lamp mix: tubes, CFLs, HID, LED or specialty lamps
How many: a lamp count, box total or pallet estimate
Breakage: any cracked or shattered lamps
Schedule: one relamp project or repeat pickups
Supplies: whether you want boxes or fiber bins delivered first
Mail-In Recycling
For a handful of bulbs, or a branch office far from Cobb County, order a prepaid bulb recycling kit, fill it and send it back. Our mail-in recycling program page explains how it works.
Georgia Rules for Used Lamps
Georgia EPD allows businesses to manage used fluorescent, CFL, metal halide, and high-pressure sodium lamps as universal waste. That means sealed containers labeled "Used Lamps" or "Universal Waste-Lamps," careful handling to prevent breakage, and shipment to a permitted recycler within one year. Lamps crushed on purpose must be treated as hazardous waste instead. Households are exempt from these rules (Georgia EPD).
Around metro Atlanta, home improvement stores take only unbroken CFLs, and county household hazardous waste events happen a few times a year. Our Kennesaw facility takes every common lamp type on any weekday, from both households and businesses.
Why Cobb County Chooses Recycle Technologies for Lamps
Weekday drop-off in Kennesaw
A Town Point Drive facility open to households and businesses, Monday through Friday.
Every common lamp type
Fluorescent tubes, CFLs, HID, LED, UV, neon, halogen and incandescent bulbs.
Fixture cleanouts in one trip
Ballasts and mercury devices accepted alongside your lamps.
Mercury handled in-house
Recovered mercury material goes to our Greenwood, Indiana facility.
Pickup across metro Atlanta
Business collection within roughly 100 miles, with packing supplies on request.
Since 1993
More than three decades of recycling experience.
Georgia Counties We Serve
Cobb County
Cherokee County
Bartow County
Paulding County
Douglas County
Fulton County
DeKalb County
Gwinnett County
Forsyth County
Clayton County
Henry County
Fayette County
Coweta County
Carroll County
Floyd County
Gordon County
Pickens County
Hall County
Clarke County
Bibb County
Frequently Asked Questions
- Fees depend on the lamp type and quantity. Call 770-426-5000 or request a quote.
- Keep it in its own sealed container and call before bringing it in so the team can prepare.
- Yes. LED bulbs are accepted, so both can come in together.
- Yes. Our Kennesaw facility accepts aerosols and airbags along with lamps.
- A kit works well for a few bulbs. Pickup makes more sense for larger or repeat volumes.
- Yes. A certificate of recycling is issued once processing is complete.
Start Recycling Bulbs in Kennesaw, GA
Book a weekday drop-off at Town Point Drive, mail a small batch in a prepaid kit, or send us your address and lamp count for a business pickup quote.
