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Keeping Mercury Out of the Environment

~14,350 pounds of mercury collected/prevented from release in WA since 2003*

Product Bans	Collection Goals	Total Collected/Prevented	Completed
Thermometers	3,000 lbs.	3,030 lbs.	√
Manometers, Barometers	2,800 lbs.	2,838 lbs.
Schools K-12	2,600 lbs.	2,600 lbs	√
Phase Out	Collection Goals	Total Collected/Prevented
Hospitals	400 lbs./ year	2,300 lbs.	√
Medical Waste (“Red Bags”)	100 lbs./ year	170 lbs.
Mining	No goal set	169 lbs.
Thermostats	40 lbs./ year	125 lbs.
Auto Convenience Switches	200 lbs./ year	100 lbs.
Utility Switches & Relays	500 lbs./ year	113 lbs.
Collect & Recycle	Collection Goals	Total Collected/Prevented
Button Cell Batteries	80 lbs./ year	54 lbs.
Fluorescent Lamps	500 lbs./ year	330 lbs.
Dental Amalgam Waste	300 lbs./ year	1,811 lbs.

Figures based on best available data up to January 1, 2008 trend estimates.  Total pounds include bulk mercury.