Section 76.05 - Management of End-of-Life Mercury-Added Products(1) End of life mercury-added products that are hazardous waste pursuant to 310 CMR 30.000 shall be handled in accordance with 310 CMR 30.000. (a) End of life mercury-added products that are universal wastes pursuant to 310 CMR 30.1000 may be handled in accordance with 310 CMR 30.1000.(b) Mercury-added components that are removed from larger products and that are classified as universal waste may be handled in accordance with 310 CMR 30.1000.(2) End of life mercury-added products that are not hazardous waste shall be managed in accordance with an alternative method approved by the Department pursuant to 310 CMR 76.04(2) or in accordance with the following requirements: (a) separated from solid waste;(b) handled and stored in a manner that minimizes breakage, prevents an unpermitted discharge of mercury to air, land, water or other natural resources of Massachusetts and results in no public nuisance;(c) transported by either a licensed hazardous waste transporter or by common carrier with a bill of lading; and(d) transferred to a permitted hazardous waste recycling facility, licensed hazardous waste facility, a facility that consolidates shipments of mercury-added products or mercury-added components before being shipped off-site for reclamation, or if shipped out of state, a facility that is authorized to reclaim mercury from mercury-added products.(3) No person shall knowingly send a multi-component product that contains mercury to a scrap recycling facility or a facility for further processing or recycling without first removing and managing, or arranging for the removal and appropriate management, of the mercury-added product or products prior to crushing, unless such facility agrees, in writing, to be responsible for removing such product or products and recycling them or disposing of them as hazardous waste.