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The NPEP Mercury Challenge
Mercury Challenge Topics
The National Partnership for Environmental Priorities' (NPEP) Mercury Challenge promotes the voluntary, systematic elimination of mercury-containing equipment from industrial and other sites. Mercury is a highly toxic chemical designated as one of 31 Priority Chemicals that EPA wants to reduce in our nation's products and wastes. Mercury is a documented contaminant of air, land, water, plants, and animals and exposure to mercury can cause serious health problems.
For more information
on joining NPEP and participating in the Mercury Challenge, visit the Take
the Mercury Challenge page and read and share the Mercury Challenge Brochure (PDF) (2 pp, 594K, About
PDF).
Visit EPA's mercury home page for more information on mercury and EPA's mercury efforts.
Why Should You Take The Mercury Challenge?
- You will be protecting yourself, your employees, and your community from exposure to mercury.
- Public recognition for achieving voluntary reductions of a Priority Chemical.
- Information about your organization and your project posted on this website.
- Your environmental achievements and Success Stories posted on this website.
- Use of EPA's NPEP logo to identify your organization as a partner (please note that EPA cannot endorse the purchase of a particular company's products or services).
- The opportunity to display your NPEP membership plaques and achievement awards to customers, suppliers, employees, and stockholders.
- At your request, EPA will notify your local media of your program accomplishments.
- The NPEP Bulletin will be delivered to you quarterly and you will be invited to submit articles, news, and comments on the Bulletin.
- Minimize or eliminate the cost and liability of mercury spills.
- Decrease or eliminate the cost of managing mercury.
- Reduce mercury in the environment.
- Avoid increased regulation in the future.
- Join the ranks of other responsible companies that have been successful in reducing mercury in their facilities.
- Read more about the benefits of waste minimization and joining NPEP.