FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. — Thermostat Recycling Corp., (TRC) will celebrate its 20th anniversary Oct. 24. The original founders — Honeywell, White-Rogers, and General Electric — created TRC through National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) with the mission of collecting and recycling thermostats containing mercury, a universally recognized health hazard.
TRC has contributed to the effort by collecting 2.4 million thermostats and prevented 11 tons of mercury from entering the environmental stream.