Compact fluorescent lamps and similar devices with small amounts of mercury (UN3506)
What is the carrier for Compact fluorescent lamps and similar devices with small amounts of mercury (UN3506)?
For Compact fluorescent lamps and similar devices with small amounts of mercury (UN3506), carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail via air or surface transportation; conditions is Mailable if each device contains 100 mg or less of mercury and each mailpiece contains no more than 1 gram of mercury total; follow Packaging Instruction 8C, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.
Manufactured devices that contain small amounts of mercury (UN3506): Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) and similar consumer devices containing minute amounts of mercury are mailable by air or surface only when each device, article, or apparatus contains 100 milligrams (mg) (0.0035 ounce) or less of mercury
— pe.usps.com, retrieved 2026-08-04
- Item category
- Compact fluorescent lamps and similar devices with small amounts of mercury (UN3506)
- Carrier
- USPS our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- domestic mail via air or surface transportation our reading
- Conditions
- Mailable if each device contains 100 mg or less of mercury and each mailpiece contains no more than 1 gram of mercury total; follow Packaging Instruction 8C
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- pe.usps.comhttps://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_027.htm