The Great Lakes Mercury Collection Program is providing FREE mercury collection services to Michigan areas and business sites.
EXAMPLES OF SOME COMMON ITEMS THAT CONTAIN MERCURY:
• Thermostats: non-electronic
• Thermometers: silver-colored liquid inside
• Gauges: barometers, manometers, blood pressure and vacuum gauges with silver colored liquid
• Switches, Relays and Sensors: appliances, farm equipment, float, tilt and pressure switches, etc.
• Dental Amalgam: material used in dentistry
• Hygrometers and Hydrometers: moisture and gravity measurement instruments
• Elemental Mercury: silver-colored liquid metal
NOTE: Fluorescent bulbs are excluded from this program
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PROVIDED BY: US Ecology & Great Lakes Restoration