Mercury recycling is the process of collecting products that contain mercury and recycling them into new products

recycling one ton of mercury saves 8,000,000 kwh of energy, 5,364 tons of co2, 2,015/73 metric tons or 3,200 tons of coal, a 670,500/229 cubic meter container of oil, a 24,000 cubic meter lake, 1,600,000/7 metric tons of toxic lead, a 4,023/2 cubic meter tank of gasoline, 2,500,000/3 tons of waste, 400,000 metric tons of limestone, 241,380/37 tons of air pollution per year, enough energy to power a CFL for 31,000/73 years, a 6,000 bedroom house for an entire year, a city the size of Pittsburg for 12/2,875 years, a tv for 1,550/219 years, a washing machine for 775/219 years, $960,000.00

recycling over one thermostat could save 27/2,840 pounds of mercury, 2,700/71 kwh of energy, 27/1,775 tons of coal, a 81/710 cubic meter lake, 540/497 metric tons of toxic lead, 135/71 metric tons of limestone, enough energy to power a CFL for 837/414,640 years, almost $5.00

See alsoEdit

• Mercury
• Programmable Thermostat