Disposal Ban
- Thermostats, thermometers, switches, appliances, gauges, lamps, medical or scientific instruments, fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamps, and electric relays
- No ban on batteries
Labeling
- Retailers selling fluorescent lamps must post at point of sale a notification in minimum 36 point type, as follows: "Fluorescent bulbs save energy and reduce environmental pollution. Note: Fluorescent bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and must be recycled at the end of their use. Contact your county or utility for recycling options."
- Thermostats, thermometers, switches other than in a car, appliances, medical and scientific measuring instruments: electric relays; fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamps, individually or as part of another product
- No labels for batteries, products with batteries, and cars with switches
- Labels for lamps approved by another IMERC State shall be considered in compliance with MN requirement
- Lamp Wholesalers must provide information on spent lamp management
Product Ban
- Ban on medical measuring devices and mercury diostats. Also switches and relays unless in products exempted by another IMERC state or used to replace a switch, relay, or measuring device that is a component of a larger product in use prior to January 1, 2008. Also, toys, games or thermometers (other than a thermometer with mercury contained only in a button battery), clothing that contains a switch, and mercury manometers
- Mercury content in BCs not to exceed 25 mg
Manufacturer Collection/Recycle
- Required for high intensity discharge lamps, products with displacement relays
- Thermostat manufacturers must provide incentives for proper management (implemented through the Thermostat Recycling Corporation)
- Utilities that serve more than 200,000 must provide system for collecting spent fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps from households and from small businesses
Notification
Statute
