How to Handle Your Universal Wastes

Following are a few online resources to guide you along your way to managing your universal wastes:

• Find out about mercury and other heavy metals
  Learn why universal wastes are 'hazardous' and what dangers they pose.
• DTSC's list of universal wastes that must be handled as hazardous waste 
  Learn what items are going to be illegal to throw away
• DTSC definition of hazardous e-waste 
  Find out whether an electronic device you have is hazardous
• California's directory for finding electronic equipment recycling facilities
  Find facilities that collect specific types of electronic equipment for reuse or recycling?
• Earth 911 directory of universal waste
  Learn where you can recycle all other universal wastes
• Handling Mercury in your home
  Learn ho to manage hazardous wastes in your home?
• Integrated Waste Management Board information on household batteries
  Learn more about household batteries
• Waste Management Board information on fluorescent lamps
  Learn more about managing fluorescent lamps?

Learn more about what CAW is doing to make recycling easier for California consumers.