UNSPSC 76122315: Recycling of lamp ballasts

Services relating to recycling of lamp ballasts, to include recovery of elements.

UNSPSC 76122315 Recycling of lamp ballasts (Commodity) shows limited direct alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—recycling of lamp ballasts specifically—does not match the waste streams appearing in current solicitations, which instead target used tires, commingled recyclables, hazardous waste, food waste, electronic equipment, lead acid batteries, pallets, and yard debris. A review of 40+ representative opportunities posted between June and October 2026 reveals no active procurements explicitly requesting lamp ballast recycling services. The issuing bodies span county solid waste departments, transportation authorities, municipal utilities, school districts, and state departments across Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Texas, Oregon, Arizona, California, and Wisconsin, but none of the recent opportunities name ballast recycling as part of scope.

The code appears dormant in current state and local procurement cycles. Jurisdictions are actively buying materials recovery facility operations (Orange County, Florida; City of Albuquerque), hazardous waste removal and universal waste handling (Orange County Transportation Authority, OCTA), scrap metal and metals recovery processing (Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County), and broad-scope recycling collection and processing services (City of Cincinnati, State of Michigan), but ballast-specific recycling does not surface as a standalone procurement item or a line item within bundled universal waste contracts. If ballast recycling opportunities exist under this code, they are either consolidated into larger universal waste programs, tagged to higher-tier UNSPSC families, or being sourced through cooperative purchasing vehicles rather than issued as standalone RFPs, RFQs, or ITBs. Current procurement focus aligns with higher-volume commodity streams and facility-scale operations rather than specialized lamp component recycling.