Perth households are now the first in Australia able to safely recycle common batteries.A new recycling initiative involving all five of Perth's metropolitan regional councils aims to encourage residents to take their used batteries to one of 150 new drop-off recycling bin locations.
WA Environment Minister Donna Faragher said The Metropolitan Household Battery Recycling program was the first community-based program of its kind in Australia
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So far our council, Claremont, doesn't have any indication for a permanent drop-off bin, once a year you can bring your hazardous waste to a collection point, is all...
In most countries in Europe all shops who sell batteries have to take them back to recycle so on every counter you'll find a cardboard box to drop off your old batteries, how convenient is that?
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