Mercury Thermostats
Mercury-containing thermostats are banned from disposal in the trash in Vermont and must be recycled through a special collection program. They are not accepted in blue-bin recycling.
Older thermostats may contain one or more small glass tubes (ampoules) containing silver-colored liquid mercury. Do not break or remove the mercury-containing switches.
Vermont’s Thermostat Recycling Program provides a $5 rebate for each qualifying mercury thermostat recycled at participating collection locations.
Local collection locations:
- Bennington Cooling & Heating — 308 Depot St., Bennington — (802) 442-3519
- F.W. Webb — 240 East Rd., Bennington — (802) 447-2312
- Miles Lumber – Do It Best — 178 Chittenden Dr., Arlington — (802) 375-2525
- R.K. Miles — 691 Depot St., Manchester — (802) 362-1952
Find additional Mercury Thermostat Collection Locations – Thermostat Recycling Corporation
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