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So apparently lithium batteries in kerbside bin are being blamed for a spate of fires in waste collection trucks;
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018939326/rubbish-truck-fires-from-lithium-batteries-on-the-rise

Yet another reason obliging anyone who sells electronic devices to accept end-of-life ones for recycling, at their own expense. The disposal of this waste needs to be made a cost of doing business that produces it. Not externalised onto citizens as consumers or via public waste management budgets.

#RNZ #recycling #EWaste #batteries