How to dispose of items containing mercury
Overview
Items containing mercury, such as thermometers, mercury blood pressure monitors and fluorescent tubes, cannot be accepted at Tokyo's 23-ward incinerators. Burning mercury can pollute the area and harm health, and a shutdown of an incinerator affects garbage disposal across the 23 wards. Thermometers, blood pressure monitors and fluorescent tubes go in non-burnable garbage. Button batteries go in the collection box at the shop.
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- Put thermometers and mercury blood pressure monitors out as non-burnable garbage.
- Put fluorescent tubes out as non-burnable garbage.
- Take button batteries to the collection box at the shop where they were sold.
Contact
Resource Circulation Promotion Section, Cleaning Business Unit
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