Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 77.00 - Collection and Recycling of Mercury-added Thermostats
Section 77.05 - Management of Mercury-added Thermostats
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise provided in 310 CMR 77.05, all persons shall dispose of mercury-added thermostats by recycling or by disposing as hazardous waste or universal waste in compliance with 310 CMR 30.000: Hazardous Waste.
(2) Contractors who remove mercury-added thermostats from buildings shall deliver such thermostats to a collection site established by mercury-added thermostat manufacturers pursuant to 310 CMR 77.04.
(3) Persons who demolish buildings shall remove all mercury-added thermostats prior to building demolition and either:
(4) Persons who remove mercury-added thermostats from a location that is participating in an energy efficiency or weatherization program supported or administered in whole or part by a department, agency, authority, or political subdivision of the Commonwealth or conducted as a result of any statutory requirement, including, but not limited to, demand-side management or least-cost procurement, shall deliver such thermostats to a collection site established by mercury-added thermostat manufacturers pursuant to 310 CMR 77.04.
(5) No municipal or private solid waste haulers or operators of solid waste disposal facilities shall knowingly dispose, or allow to be disposed, a mercury-added thermostat as solid waste, as defined in 310 CMR 19.006: Definitions, unless the mercury has been first removed by recycling or disposed as hazardous waste in accordance with 310 CMR 30.000: Hazardous Waste.
(6) Solid waste facility operators may knowingly accept or collect mercury-added thermostats for proper disposal, only if: