• Newsletter Subscriptions
  • Magazine Subscription

    • Latest from Building Automation

    Deltek
    Crete United
    Modular Building Institute
    McHenry Wallace
    Airthings
    Ventilation Rate Sensors for IAQ-primary
    AHR Expo
    Danfoss
    HireSpace.com
    Screenshot 2023 10 14 163005
    1. Building Automation

    N.Y., Conn. HVAC Contractors Required to Recycle Mercury Thermostats

    May 27, 2014
    As of July 1, 2014, anyone who replaces a mercury-containing thermostat in New York or Connecticut must deliver it to an appropriate collection site to be recycled.

    According to a new law, as of July 1, 2014, anyone who replaces a mercury-containing thermostat in New York or Connecticut must deliver it to an appropriate collection site to be recycled, the Thermostat Recycling Corp. (TRC), an industry-funded non-profit organization, recently said.

    Additionally, no HVAC wholesale distributor in New York or Connecticut can sell or distribute any thermostat unless the wholesaler serves as a collection site for mercury-thermostat recycling.

    All manufacturers of mercury thermostats sold in New York or Connecticut are required to individually or collectively participate in a collection program.

    For information about the TRC’s collection program, visit www.thermostat-recycle.org. To sign up as a collection site with the TRC, call 888-266-0550.

    About the Author

    Scott Arnold | Executive Editor

    Described by a colleague as "a cyborg ... requir(ing) virtually no sleep, no time off, and bland nourishment that can be consumed while at his desk" who was sent "back from the future not to terminate anyone, but with the prime directive 'to edit dry technical copy' in order to save the world at a later date," Scott Arnold joined the editorial staff of HPAC Engineering in 1999. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for daily newspapers and a specialty-publications company. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University.