23 January 2011

Don't bin your batteries
DONT bin those batteries thats the green message being sent to families in Somerset this week.

The call from Somerset Waste Partnership comes on the first anniversary of legislation requiring many shops to take batteries for recycling.

As well as every Recycling Centre, scores of stores across the county now accept all household batteries for reprocessing to keep them out of costly landfill, says the partnership.

Since February 1, 2010, the EU Batteries Directive has required any shop selling more than 32kg of household batteries a year around 350 AA four-packs to provide a collection service.

Shops with such a service must take all household batteries, from the button cells used in hearing aids and watches to the AAAs and others used in torches and cameras.

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