The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the “National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program” that it says will help cut mercury air emissions by up to 75 tons over the next 15 years. The program is designed to remove mercury-containing light switches from all vehicles, especially before the vehicles are flattened, shredded and melted to make new steel. Together with existing state mercury switch recovery efforts, the Agency says this program will significantly reduce mercury air emissions from the fourth-leading source in the United States: the furnaces used in steel-making.
Automakers phased out the use of mercury-containing switches in 2002, but many of these vehicles are still on the road. Others may be off the road and headed to scrap yards. Overall, EPA estimates approximately 67 million switches are available for recovery.
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