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Mercury switch removal from vehicles
What the law requires
For Auto Recyclers:
How to get started: To receive a collection container, prepaid shipping label, and information on locating and removing the switches call toll free (877) 225 - ELVS or complete the Mercury Switch Collection Container Request form (*.pdf) and mail it to ELVS at the address on the form. After signing up, you will receive information on locating and removing the mercury switches along with a storage container from the End-of-Life Vehicle Solutions Corporation (ELVS), an organization formed by auto manufacturers. Record the date the first switch was placed in the container on the Universal Waste label. As you collect the switches, record the VIN number of the vehicles on the log provided. Without the VIN numbers, you will not be able to collect the bounty. Mercury containing ABS G-force sensors may also be removed and sent with the switches from trunk and hood lights for proper recycling at no cost, however no bounty will be paid for them.
Leaking mercury switches, mercury switches from appliances, containers of mercury or any other hazardous substance should not be included in the collection container.
To locate a facility for the proper disposal of any of these or any other hazardous material, please visit www.safesmartsolutions.org or contact the DNR or the Iowa Waste Reduction Center.
Shipping and payment: When the container is full or one year from the start date on the label, use the prepaid shipping label provided with the collection container and schedule a pickup with UPS. (Information on how to do this will be provided with the container).
A replacement container will be sent to you. Once ELVS verifies that the VIN numbers are from vehicles that contain mercury switches you will receive $5 for each mercury switch.
The bounty will not be paid for switches do not have a VIN or have a VIN of a vehicle that did not contain mercury switches.
Iowa Waste Reduction Center The Iowa Waste Reduction Center is able to assist an Iowa small business in meeting the Mercury-Free Recycling Act or any environmental regulatory requirement.
The On-site Review program has helped over 2,750 small business owners in achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance.
The service is FREE, it is completely CONFIDENTIAL and of course non-regulatory as a technical assistance provider located at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
The program is easy to use, just call the IWRC at (319) 273-8905 or contact Sue Schauls at sue.schauls@uni.edu.
End-of-Life Vehicle Solutions (ELVS): The End of Life Vehicle Solutions Corporation (ELVS) was created by the automotive industry to promote the industry's environmental efforts in recyclability, education and outreach, and the proper management of substances of concern.
ELVS manages, on a nationwide basis, programs to collect, transport, retort, recycle, or dispose of elemental mercury from automotive switches.
They also provide educational outreach and promote vehicle recycling and proper management of substances of concern.
DNR Contact
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