From Green Right Now Reports
A new California law goes into an effect this week that will make it easier to recycle dangerous mercury thermostats. The Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2008 increases the number of thermostat collection locations and requires heating and air conditioning wholesalers with physical locations in California to collect thermostats from the public and contractors. Retailers are also encouraged to participate.
Co-sponsored by the California Product Stewardship Council and Sierra Club California, AB 2347 is California’s first full producer responsibility legislation and makes California only the third state to pass such a law in an effort to protect public health.
