Mercury-in-glass thermometer Medical Center and Las Piñas Hospital also made steps to ban the toxic chemical. The country was the first one to make a step to ban mercury from its health care system in Southeast Asia. Since European Union directive 2007/51/EC came into force on 3 April 2009, the UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported that mercury thermometers could no longer be sold to the general public. Shops holding stocks of unsold thermometers had to withdraw them from sale; mercury thermometers purchased before this date could be used without legal implications. The purpose of these restrictions is to protect the environment
Disposal tax effect reduces organic content of waste which goes into landfills or for incineration. This is highly beneficial for the environment. While in Catalan it discourages landfills and incineration in accordance and reinforcement of the European waste management it penalizes them economically. Essentially the making of disposal can be more expensive but on the other hand it creates revenue for local authorities by diversified refunds for separate collection. Disposal of new asset If a company sells an asset for more than what it is worth then the gain is broken into two parts. Capital gain (sales price – original price) and recapture