The element Mercury in America’s environment is a problem, particularly for infants and young children.
Exposure to mercury can permanently harm the developing brain and nervous system. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 630,000 infants are born every year in the United States with unsafe levels of mercury in their blood.

Mercury emissions from human activity contribute to the problem.  Sources include commonly used products that contain mercury such as car components and used engines. Law requires that mercury switches and mercury headlamps be removed before a motor vehicle is scrapped or crushed.  The mercury switches must be recycled.  The headlamps may be recycled or placed in your parts inventory for re-sale. It is part of the carbon footprint vibe.

Passenger cars and pickups.  Mercury light switches are common in U.S. made
passenger cars and pickups.   Prior to 2003, they were used for convenience lights on
hoods, trunks, and vanity mirrors on visors.

As a general rule, you should assume there is a mercury switch in hood or trunk convenience lights on:
• Model year 2002 or older GM vehicles;
• Model year 2001 or older Ford vehicles;
• Model year 1998 or older Chrysler vehicles; and
• Model year 1999 or older foreign-made vehicles, except BMW, Mitsubishi,
Nissan, Subaru, Honda and Toyota did not use mercury light switches in
any of their vehicles.

Removal is quick and easy.  It takes one to two minutes per switch if done at the same time you remove fluids, batteries and other wastes that require special handling.

Two points are being made here. The first point is being responsible to our environment. The second point is that salvage yards and engine supply companies save good used switches off of low mileage good used cars. Engine suppliers test and save switches off of good used engines for sale to sell to you at vastly discounted prices. It is the law, so salvage yards and consumers are forced into the used switch market.

Thus saving the consumer large sums of money by not having to buy a new switch, and is a bonus to the consumer being able to buy and re-use good used switches instead of going through the process of safely disposing of them, since they can be reused. Which is ultimately working for the better of the environment. Remember that the less toxic waste we produce, the less recycling issues we have.

Ignoring the parts of a car that need to be recycled properly is irresponsible. Reselling good used switches and other components that would other wise be junked is good business. Call the experts at GotEngines.com for more information on recycled good used parts off good used engines and related parts. Kill two birds at once, save your environment and save some money..

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