Smoke Detectors

Smoke detectors or combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide detectors may contain the radioactive material, Americium-241. Bring all these detectors to the ARCC Facility for recycling.




Is your smoke alarm is ionizing?

Look on the front, back, or inside of the unit for the words Photoelectric (P) or Ion/Ionizer/Ionizing (i) to determine if your detector is one, the other or both.
Indication of radiation means it is an ionization alarm.

Single purpose Carbon monoxide (CO) detectors do not use radioactive substances.