In just one year, between 2019 and 2020, nearly 260 significant battery fires were recorded in recycling and waste facilities across the UK - causing more than £100 million worth of damage!*
*Source:ESA and Eunomia 2021
Batteries can be dangerous once they’re thrown away
Batteries hidden in rubbish cause hundreds of fires across the UK every year.
*The battery recycling point locator has kindly been made available to Take Charge by Material Focus
*The battery recycling point locator has kindly been made available to Take Charge by Material Focus
*Source:ESA and Eunomia 2021
The Take Charge campaign was started by the Environmental Services Association (ESA), which represents many of UK’s largest recycling and waste management companies.
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