On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 14:40:13 GMT, pamela wrote:

On 13:52 25 Feb 2018, PeterC wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 13:35:26 GMT, pamela wrote:

Where I am in Wales the council refuse collection provide
special bags for putting batteries in. I left one or two
batteries in the bags for months before they were eventually
taken.

We don't get such battery bags at all, so I throw all my
batteries in the usual bin.

We can put them in any strong, transparent bag and put them with
the blue (recycling) bin, usually tied to the handle. I use a bag
that's long enough, tie a knot in it and just close the bin's lid
below the knot. It goes near the handle so that it's obvious -
save the bindroids having to untie the bag.

Life's too short to add another ritual to my day.

How much difference does it really make if half a dozen AA cells go
in the main rubbish - even if thousands of people are doing it?

If experience with our recent fire locally is anything to go by I'm
not sure "they" really know. That said, down here in Somerset we're
being encouraged NOT to put batteries in our general waste becuse
"they" believe that there is a risk.

The airline industry has become very wary of certain types of battery
since Boeing had some (used by the aircraft) catch fire on brand new
787s. Most airlines now carry specialised equipment in the cabin in
case laptop batteries catch fire and there are new rules about bulk
shipments in cargo holds (that's the hold of passenger planes, not
just all freight aircraft).