Picked up 12 office florcent lights

**MetalRecyclingBiz** · 10-13-2011, 03:22 PM

All the scrap yards I'm aware of do not accept ballasts. They're considered hazardous waste and should be removed from the fixtures before you turn them in for scrap.

If you get caught giving ballasts to the scrap yards they'll probably refuse your load.

**hobo finds** · 10-13-2011, 04:13 PM

Make sure they are PCB free. Then no problem.

**hobo finds** · 10-13-2011, 04:32 PM

My yard just put up a sign that no PCB's before that never checked. I believe they still don't check. So you could remove them and mix them in with the other scrap if you wanted to

**GeorgeB** · 10-13-2011, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by MetalRecyclingBiz

All the scrap yards I'm aware of do not accept ballasts. They're considered hazardous waste and should be removed from the fixtures before you turn them in for scrap.

If you get caught giving ballasts to the scrap yards they'll probably refuse your load.

I guess mine don't care to much, as there is a place here that will accept them.

Just depends on how the company treats the material really.