older thermostats used mechanical switches, typically a bimetallic strip with a mercury or magnetic switch. With a mercury switch, as the temperature in the room changes, the coil expands or ...

Some of the most common thermostats with mercury are the older, round-dial models. The mercury is used in a switch that activates a furnace or air conditioner.

Thermostat collections increased by 23 percent over 2003 and mercury recovery increased by 17 percent. The TRC has now recovered nearly 3,000 pounds of mercury from 336,000 used mercury-switch ...

TRC assumes all costs to transport and properly dispose of mercury-switch thermostats recovered from service. Since its inception, TRC has recovered more than 1.4 million thermostats, diverting over 6 ...

wall-mounted mercury-switch thermostats so that the mercury can be purified for re-use. Wholesalers may meet their obligations under the new state law by joining the existing program. To find a ...

DEC. To determine whether your thermostat contains a mercury switch, remove the front cover. You should be able to locate one or more glass switches that contain a silver liquid.

There may be a silver lining for people with old mercury-switch thermostats kicking around their homes. Mercury is a toxic metal that can accumulate in animal tissue and has been linked to ...

The goal is to provide Canadians with safe and easy ways to dispose of the old mercury-containing thermostats. Since the program began in April 2006, Switch the ‘Stat has recovered 45,872 ...

wall-mounted mercury-switch thermostats so that the mercury can be purified for re-use. Wholesalers may meet their obligations under the new state law by joining the existing program. To find a ...