Outreach Coordinator Lynn Howse says most of the batteries they are getting are from cell phones and the ends should be covered with tape before recycling at a transfer station, where they will be kept in fire safe bins.
Fire Prevention week was a couple of weeks ago and it highlighted lithium batteries and their potential to catch fire. Since then, Western Regional Waste Management has been getting more questions about these batteries. Outreach Coordinator Lynn Howse says most of the batteries they are getting are from cell phones and the ends should be covered with tape before recycling at a transfer station, where they will be kept in fire safe bins. Howse says these batteries can be dangerous and can self ignite at any given time.
For more information about waste and recycling go to wrwm.nl.ca
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