Disposal Ban

• Thermostats

Labeling

• None

Product Ban

• Thermostats as of July 1, 2009

Manufacturer Collection/Recycle

• The Department of Natural Resources shall conduct a study on and make recommendations for the implementation and financing of a convenient and effective mercury-containing lamp-recycling program. The department shall submit a report containing the recommendations to the general assembly by January 1, 2009.
• Manufacturers must submit plan by October 1, 2008 describing a collection plan for mercury-added thermostats. Plan must be approved by state agency and the program implemented beginning April 1, 2009.  The program is REPEALED as of 1 January 2022. 

Notification

• None

Statute

• An Act Relating to the Collection and Recycling of Mercury-added Thermostats
• FY 2019 Appropriations Statute - Repeal of Thermostat Collection Mandate