How TerraCycle Regulated Waste Supports Your Industry

From fluorescent lamps and batteries to sharps and PPE, managing regulated waste responsibly is more important than ever. At TerraCycle Regulated Waste (TCRW), we offer scalable, sustainable waste solutions tailored to the needs of a wide range of industries—helping businesses meet compliance requirements, streamline disposal, and reduce environmental impact.

Whether you’re operating a healthcare facility, a school, or a manufacturing plant, TCRW has a solution designed with your needs in mind. Below, we explore the industries we serve and how our specialized product line and services can support your goals.

Healthcare & Medical Facilities

Industry Challenges:
Hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities generate large volumes of regulated medical waste—from sharps and pharmaceutical containers to mercury-containing devices and PPE.

Waste Streams: Sharps, batteries, PPE, outdated medical devices & other e-waste, batteries, fluorescent lighting

Top Products for Healthcare:

• Sharps Systems – For the safe, compliant disposal of needles, syringes, and other sharps.
  
  

• EasyPak™ E-Waste Recycling Container – Designed for the secure disposal of outdated medical devices and other electronics.
  
  

• Lamps and Battery Recycling Boxes – Ideal for hospitals managing both lighting and portable equipment waste.
  
  

Education (K–12 Schools, Colleges & Universities)

Industry Challenges:
Educational institutions must manage lighting retrofits, outdated technology, and school supplies all while educating students and protecting the environment.

Applicable Waste Streams: Fluorescent lamps, batteries, e-waste, pens & markers.

Top Products for Education:

• Zero Waste Box™: Pens, Pencils and Markers – Great for end-of-year disposal of large amounts of classroom writing utensils.
  
  

• Lamps and Battery Recycling Boxes – Safe disposal for a variety of battery types used in classrooms and dorms; spent fluorescent lights in large quantities from retrofit jobs.
  
  

• EasyPak™ E-Waste Recycling Container – For responsible disposal of computers, calculators, phones, headphones, and other outdated electronics.
  
  

Corporate Offices

Industry Challenges:
Office environments rely on a variety of electronics and lighting systems that produce regulated waste like spent batteries, fluorescent lamps, and outdated IT equipment. They also produce breakroom waste, such as coffee capsules. As businesses strive to meet sustainability goals, compliant and eco-friendly disposal solutions are essential.

Applicable Waste Streams: E-Waste, Batteries, Lamps, Coffee Capsules, Breakroom Waste

Top Products for Offices:

• EasyPak™ Break Room Separation Recycling Box – Perfect for collecting waste from break rooms such as coffee capsules, dining disposables, coffee and tea accessories, plastic packaging, paper packaging, and laminated paper packaging.
  
  

• Lamps and Battery Recycling Boxes – A simple, compliant solution for spent fluorescent lamps, and all different types of batteries.
  
  

• EasyPak™ E-Waste Recycling Container – Secure disposal for outdated phones, monitors, laptops, and more.
  
  

• EasyPak™ Coffee Capsules Recycling Box – Recycle any brand or size coffee (or other beverage) capsule, K-Cup®, pack, pod, or disc. The capsules do not need to be emptied or cleaned.

Property Management

Industry Challenges:
Managing multi-tenant or commercial properties means maintaining lighting systems, HVAC controls, exit signs, and more—often across several locations. Efficient, compliant disposal of universal waste is key to successful operations and tenant satisfaction.

Applicable Waste Streams: Fluorescent lamps, ballasts, batteries, thermostats, safety equipment.

Top Products for Property Managers:

• Lamps and Battery Recycling Boxes – A simple, compliant solution for spent fluorescent lamps, and all different types of batteries.
  
  

• BulkPak Property Management Recycling Kit – The perfect all-in-one solution for a large amount of waste from property management jobs.
  
  

• EasyPak™ Thermostat Recycling Container – Ensure safe removal of mercury-containing thermostats.
  
  

Manufacturing & Industrial Facilities

Industry Challenges:
These facilities often face complex compliance requirements and generate high volumes of universal waste.

Applicable Waste Streams: Batteries, lamps, ballasts, aerosols, PPE.

Top Products for Manufacturing:

• Bulk Recycling Pickups – For contractors and larger facilities (over 150,000 square feet), bulk pickups can provide a cost effective solution for recycling large amounts of intact or crushed lamps, ballasts, batteries, solar panels, or electronic waste.
  
  

• BulkPak Recycling Kits – A larger version of our popular EasyPak™ mail-back recycling containers.
  
  

• Bulb Eater Lamp Crushing System – For high-volume facilities looking to manage fluorescent lamps on-site in a safe and compliant way.

Gyms & Tanning Salons

Industry Challenges:
Health and wellness businesses generate unique regulated waste streams through their daily operations—like UV tanning bulbs, PPE, batteries, cleaning product aerosols, and even chewing gum. These facilities must also prioritize cleanliness, safety, and compliance with local environmental regulations.

Applicable Waste Streams: UV and fluorescent lamps, aerosols, batteries, PPE, cleaning supplies, chewing gum.

Top Products for Gyms & Salons:

• EasyPak™ Tanning Lamp Recycling Box – Ideal for safe and compliant disposal of UV tanning bulbs and fluorescent lighting.
  
  

• EasyPak™ Aerosol Can Recycling Container – For proper disposal of disinfectants and cleaning sprays used throughout the facility.
  
  

• Battery Recycling Kits – Handles batteries from scales, remotes, exercise machines, and more.

Why TCRW?

Across every industry, our mission remains the same: to make it safe, simple, and sustainable to dispose of regulated waste. Our offerings combine convenience with compliance, giving businesses of all sizes the ability to manage their waste responsibly—whether it’s one box at a time or truckloads by the pallet.

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