commentTwo Nonprofits Team Up with National Thermostat Recycling Program
Following a successful nine-month pilot program, a mercury thermostat recycling program is being rolled out nationwide. Created by the independent nonprofit Product Stewardship Institute and the industry-owned nonprofit Thermostat Recycling Corporation, the program works with municipal hazardous waste collection programs to collect thermostats from consumers.
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Local programs receive a designated container for a small, one-time fee, and the program pays for the shipping and processing of the collected thermostats as well as replacement containers. The GE Lighting website reports that a typical thermostat contains about 3,000 mg of mercury, compared with about 5 mg in a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL).
More information about the program is available at www.productstewardship.us/mercury/.
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