Recycling your batteries just got easier (From Yeovil Express)

Recycling your batteries just got easier

7:50pm Monday 1st February 2010

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PEOPLE in Somerset should find it easier to recycle household batteries, according to waste bosses in the county.

Somerset Waste Partnership says that from February 1, under the new EU Batteries Directive, any retailer that sells more than 32kg of household batteries per year, or around 320 packs of AA batteries, will provide a collection or “take-back” point. That will include supermarkets and many larger shops and newsagents. Steve Read, managing director of Somerset Waste Partnership, said: “In the UK we only recycle around 3% of all household batteries sold.

“That means millions of batteries every year are disposed of with domestic refuse and buried in landfill sites. Batteries contain toxic and hazardous materials that can leak into the environment as they degrade, if not disposed of carefully. This new scheme is a welcome step forward in tackling the problem.”

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