New York Laws
Title 29 - Mercury Thermostat Collection Act
27-2909 - Disposal Prohibition.

(a) an incinerator;
(b) a landfill;
(c) a transfer station; or
(d) anyone who the transporter knows or should know will either
commingle such materials with other solid waste or deliver such
materials to an incinerator or a landfill for disposal.
3. No operator of an incinerator or a landfill shall knowingly accept
mercury-added thermostats for disposal.
4. No operator of a transfer station shall knowingly commingle
mercury-added thermostats with other solid waste or cause such materials
to be transferred to an incinerator or landfill for disposal.
5. Each landfill and transfer station shall post, in a conspicuous
location at the facility, a sign stating that mercury-added thermostats
are not accepted at the facility.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2024

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