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Auto recyclers across the state of Ohio are taking part in a joint operation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recover until Vehicles, NVMSRP for short. On 11 August 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will launch the program that is designed to recover about 40 million mercury containing light switches from scrap vehicles that were melted to make new steel. The program is an effort to reduce the amount of mercury emissions steel furnace that routinely handle rescue vehicles. At that time, these ovens is ranked fourth in the country's leadership in emissions mercury. Mercury issued by the chimneys of these furnaces quickly finds its way into groundwater, streams, lakes and air as it enters the food chain mainly through fish, which are then consumed by humans. Exposure to mercury can cause effects, which develop gradually. It can cause hand tremors, eyelids, lips, tongue, or jaw. It can cause headaches, difficulty sleeping, personality changes, memory loss, irritability, indecisiveness and loss of intelligence. It can also cause skin rash, mouth sores, or sore and inflamed gums. Young children and pregnant women are a particular risk to the effects of mercury poisoning.

Until 2003, mercury switches used in convenience lights in trunk of a vehicle under the hood. If these mercury switches are not removed before the vehicle is crushed for recycling, the mercury in these switches are released into the atmosphere when the steel melts.

Mercury-containing part of the switch is quite small (the size of a small bullet) and can easily be overlooked. To provide incentives to auto recyclers, the UK's Environmental Protection Agency has partnered States solutions for end of life vehicles to deliver supplies and monetary compensation for the elimination of these switches. Working with Ohio Auto & Truck Recyclers Association, the majority of the 800 auto recyclers across the state involved in the collection of switches.

Installations participating in the program qualify for financial incentives and regulatory. They are paid for each switch that pickup and delivery for processing. OATRA assists facilities to comply with the program, acting as a liaison between the recycling of automobiles, exposure limit values and the Environmental Protection Agency.

This program will continue until 2017 when it was estimated that most of the cars that were produced with these mercury switches will be a landing. There are four million dollars in funds to help with the payment of incentives for automobile recyclers. Furthermore, the exposure limit values provides participating institutions with the following items for free: the collection bins, the manufacturers' instructions for locating and removing the switches from cars the process and instructions on returning the full buckets of transformation. When the bucket fills, auto recyclers also do not bear the cost of sending to an approved establishment.

About the Author:

Ronnie Tanner is a contributing writer at Ohio Junk Yards. He writes about Ohio junk yards, used Ford engines and other industry specific topics.

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Recycled Removable

Recycled Removable