Light Bulb Recycling in New Berlin, WI
Lamp and bulb recycling for New Berlin, Milwaukee and Waukesha County, with weekday drop-off on South 171st Street, commercial pickup for businesses and prepaid mail-in kits.
Fluorescent tubes, CFLs and HID lamps hold mercury, and Wisconsin regulates spent lamps from businesses as universal waste. Recycle Technologies handles them at our New Berlin Recycling Center, 2815 S 171st St, near I-43 and College Avenue, where collected bulbs are processed in-house. We take straight, U-shaped, and circular tubes, CFLs, metal halide and high-pressure sodium lamps, LED, UV, neon, halogen and incandescent bulbs, plus ballasts. Homeowners and companies can drop off on weekdays; small batches can go by mail, and businesses with ongoing relamps can book pickup.
Our New Berlin Light Bulb Recycling Center
New Berlin Recycling Center (Waukesha County)
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Hours
Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Arriving
Coming from I-43, follow College Avenue toward South 171st Street. Park in the main lot; pallets and bigger loads go to the rear loading area.
Available Service Options
Drop-off for homes and businesses
Weekdays during business hours, with no appointment required.
Commercial pickup
For companies within 100 miles, with packing materials delivered ahead if you need them.
Mail-in
Prepaid bulb kits that you fill and send back by FedEx.
Lamps We Recycle in New Berlin
A few spare CFLs from a West Allis basement or a few hundred 8-foot tubes from a Menomonee Falls warehouse retrofit can both come to our New Berlin center. We accept:
Fluorescent tubes 4 feet and under and 5 feet and over, including plastic-coated, shielded, and green-tipped tubes
U-shaped and circular fluorescent lamps
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)
High-intensity discharge (HID) lamps, such as metal halide and high-pressure sodium, plus super high-pressure lamps
LED bulbs
UV lamps and cold cathode lamps like neon and argon
Halogen, quartz, flood, incandescent and projector bulbs
Christmas lights
Broken fluorescent lamps (call before you bring them)
Taking fixtures down too? PCB and non-PCB ballasts are accepted here, along with mercury thermostats and other mercury devices. If you can't tell whether a lamp qualifies, call 262-798-3040 to confirm.
Packing Lamps for the Drive
Federal Department of Transportation rules cover bulb packaging in transit, so pack lamps in the cartons your replacements came in or in a fiber bin from us. Tubes rolling loose in a truck bed or a trash bag tend to arrive in pieces. Seal broken lamps in their own closed container and keep them apart from whole ones. Businesses booking pickup can have packing materials delivered first.
From Your Dock to Recovered Materials
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Pick a method
Drop off at South 171st Street, schedule commercial pickup, or order a mail-in kit.
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Box the lamps
Use original cartons or a fiber bin so nothing cracks on the way.
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Hand them off
Unload at our lot, stage boxes for the driver, or ship your kit.
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In-house processing
Lamps are processed at our Wisconsin facility, where glass, aluminum end caps and phosphor powder are separated.
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Material recovery
A distillation company receives the mercury-bearing powder and filters; glass goes to industrial reuse, and end caps go to a salvage partner. You receive a certificate of recycling.
Ways to Recycle Light Bulbs in New Berlin, WI
Drop-Off
Need fluorescent bulb disposal near you in Brookfield, Elm Grove, Muskego or New Berlin? Bring boxed lamps to 2815 S 171st St on a weekday between 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM. You don't need an appointment during those hours, and households and companies are both welcome. Call 262-798-3040 ahead of pallets, a trailer of tubes, or any broken lamps so the team can prepare.
Make it one trip by adding batteries and old electronics to the load.
Find other Recycle Technologies drop-off sites.
Commercial Pickup
Apartment complexes, school districts, hospitals, retail stores, warehouses and electrical contractors finishing LED retrofits often have more lamps than a pickup truck can carry. Commercial pickup is a business service within 100 miles of New Berlin, reaching Milwaukee, Waukesha, Wauwatosa, Pewaukee, Franklin, Oak Creek, Racine, Kenosha, West Bend and Madison.
Share these details for a quote:
Where: the building address and ZIP code
What: tube lengths, CFLs, HID, LED or specialty lamps
How many: lamp count, number of boxes or pallets
Breakage: whether any lamps are cracked or shattered
How often: a single relamp or a repeating schedule
Supplies: whether you want fiber bins or boxes dropped off first
Mail-In Recycling
For a handful of CFLs or a branch office far from New Berlin, order a prepaid bulb recycling kit, fill it and hand it to FedEx. Our mail-in recycling program page walks through the steps.
Wisconsin Lamp Recycling Rules
The Wisconsin DNR regulates fluorescent and other mercury lamps from businesses as universal waste. That means closed, non-metal containers labeled "Universal Waste – Lamps," "Waste Lamps" or "Used Lamps," a start date on each container, and shipment to a recycler within one year (DNR guide WA-1810). Households aren't held to those rules, but the DNR still urges recycling mercury bulbs.
County household hazardous waste programs in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties serve residents only, so businesses need another route. Waukesha County lists Recycle Technologies in New Berlin as a local recycler for business lamps and ballasts (Waukesha County).
Why Southeast Wisconsin Businesses Use Recycle Technologies for Lamps
Processed in Wisconsin
Lamps collected here are handled at our own New Berlin facility instead of being passed along
Broad lamp list
Tubes of every length, CFLs, HID, LED, UV, neon, projector bulbs and broken fluorescent lamps
Bulbs, ballasts and mercury devices together
One stop for everything that comes out of a fixture
Packing help
Fiber bins or boxes delivered before your scheduled pickup
Certified operations
R2v3 certified at New Berlin and RIOS certified, run to recognized industry standards
Proof for your files
A certificate of recycling after every job
Recognized locally
Listed by Waukesha County as a business lighting recycler
Since 1993
More than 30 years in the recycling business
Wisconsin Counties We Serve
Waukesha County
Milwaukee County
Racine County
Washington County
Sheboygan County
Fond du Lac County
Dane County
Calumet County
Frequently Asked Questions
- Pricing depends on lamp type, length, and quantity. Call 262-798-3040 or request a quote.
- Yes. Drop-off is open to businesses, so contractors can bring lamps straight from the job.
- Yes. LEDs are on our accepted list, and they still contain small amounts of metals such as lead and nickel (Focus on Energy).
- Yes. A scheduled Wisconsin business collection can include electronics, batteries, and confidential documents along with lamps.
- No. It's open Monday through Friday, so a mail-in kit is the easier option if weekdays don't work.
Recycle Your Lamps in New Berlin, WI
Drop off boxed lamps on any weekday, mail a small batch, or send us your building address and lamp count for a commercial pickup quote.
