Improper disposal of lithium batteries. https://www.opb.org/article/2023/10/21/exploding-lithium-batteries-landfill- fires/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=First%20Look%20Oct%2021%202023&utm_cont ent=First%20Look%20Oct%2021%202023+CID_d001250f39c0737f6bb7b9129f44e9ca&utm_ source=firstlook&utm_term=Learn%20more
"He said he hopes, in the future, "people who put (lithium batteries) into the marketplace bear some of the responsibility" for the fires." Here in Deschutes County, Oregon, https://www.deschutes.org/solidwaste/page/hazardous-waste-management "Batteries: Single-use alkaline dry cell batteries (flashlight batteries, etc) can be disposed of in the regular garbage. Modern single-use dry cell batteries are mercury free and do not contain regulated hazardous constituents." "Portable rechargeable batteries (NiCad, Lithium ion from tools, cell phones, cameras, etc) can be recycled at many major tool retailers and rechargeable device retailer. They are also accepted at the Hazardous Waste Facility." Best regards, Richard Nute - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: https://www.mail-archive.com/emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org/ Website: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/ Instructions: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Sherman at: msherma...@comcast.net Rick Linford at: linf...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
