(415 ILCS 98/5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
Sec. 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) many older thermostats used to activate heating and cooling equipment contain mercury as part of a tilt switch component in the thermostat;
(2) the total amount of mercury used in each of those thermostats averages about 4 grams;
(3) millions of mercury-containing thermostats are still in use in homes and businesses in the United States;
(4) mercury in those thermostats poses a risk to human health and the environment if those thermostats are not properly managed at the end of their useful life;
(5) the major thermostat manufacturers have established a voluntary program to facilitate the collection and proper management of mercury thermostats taken out of service;
(6) the annual average of mercury-containing thermostats collected for recycling in Illinois under the existing voluntary collection program from 2006 to 2008 was 4,433;
(7) thousands of mercury-containing thermostats are taken out of service annually in the State;
(8) it is in the public interest to achieve a significant increase in the collection and proper management of mercury thermostats taken out of service in the State.
(Source: P.A. 96-1295, eff. 7-26-10.)
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