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Mercury Disposal Options

Learn about recycling options to safely remove hazardous mercury-containing products such as thermometers, paints, and automotive fluids in your community's collection programs a few times a year. Visit the provided websites for environmentally safe disposal methods.

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Mercury Disposal Options

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  1. Mercury Disposal Options

  2. Mercury Disposal Options • Recycling • Safely remove/reuse • Hazardous Waste • Cannot safely remove/reuse

  3. Mercury Disposal Options • Household Hazardous Waste Collection Programs • communities and counties • couple times per year • Allow environmentally safe disposal • hazardous, poisonous, and toxic household products

  4. Mercury Disposal Options • Products typically accepted • Mercury, mercury-containing products including thermometers, thermostats, switches, and liquid mercury • Paints, strippers, primers, varnishes, solvents, spray paint, and paint thinners • Automotive fluids, including oil and antifreeze • Garden chemicals, including pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides Lead acid batteries

  5. Mercury Disposal Options • Household Hazardous Waste Collection visit the following website: • www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3585_4130-115394--,00.html • www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-ess-recycle-contact-wayne_215525_7.pd • www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3307_29693_4175-11691--,00.html

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