Thermostat Recycling Corp.’s Collections Lower as Fewer Mercury-Containing Thermostats Stay

Thermostat Recycling Corp. collected 28% fewer kilos of mercury from thermostats in 2022 in comparison with 2021. Because of this, it collected 673.83 kilos of mercury in 2022, in contrast with 936.59 kilos in 2021.

There have been 73,152 mercury-containing thermostat models collected and recycled in 2022 in contrast with 93,045 in 2021, a lower of about 21%.

“We shouldn’t be alarmed by the lower within the assortment of kilos or models,” mentioned Danielle Myers, operations & compliance supervisor, TRC. “This general lower is an indication that we’re fulfilling our mandate and mission of being efficient in retrieving and recycling mercury-containing thermostats. For each unit we accumulate, there’s one much less mercury thermostat within the nation since they’re not produced.”

The High 3 states in america for recycling thermostats have been California with 70.25 kilos, Minnesota with 60.1 kilos, and Massachusetts with 57.14 kilos. Mercury-containing thermostat collections peaked in 2014 with 203,346 models.

TRC’s High 10 recycling companions by kilos of mercury in 2022 are:

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