NWPSC Mercury Subcommittee Issue Paper (PDF file, 30KB).

Northwest Product Stewardship Council. 2010. 

NWPSC Bulletin Vol 1, Issue 2: Mercury - a Highly Toxic and Costly Challenge (PDF file, 422KB).

Northwest Product Stewardship Council. July 2002.

NWPSC Policymakers Bulletin - Mercury: Highly Toxic and Costly Challenge (PDF file, 421KB) 

This Policymakers' Bulletin explains the problems with products that contain mercury and how local governments in Washington and Oregon are making mercury reduction a top priority.

Cleaning up mercury contamination is a costly problem, this bulletin describes how product stewardship practices in combination with government policy can reduce further cleanup costs by decreasing the amount of future mercury pollution. The bulletin outlines action steps governments can take to influence product stewardship practices and help to clean up and reduce mercury pollution.