{"id":1354,"date":"2023-12-30T10:10:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T10:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2023-12-30T10:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T10:11:02","slug":"battery-recycling-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/2023\/12\/battery-recycling-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery recycling warning?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apparently some councils are ramping up communications to try and reduce the number of fires caused by batteries in residual waste.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.letsrecycle.com\/news\/councils-ramp-up-battery-recycling-warnings-over-christmas-period\/\">Let&#8217;s Recycle reports<\/a> that the number of fires caused by batteries has been rising and a survey by Material Focus last year found that there were over 700 battery-related fires in the waste and recycling system across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" id=\"attachment_206407\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"1091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/2023\/09\/dunbar-landfill-fire-meeting-to-be-held-to-present-fire-investigation\/dunbar-landfill-fire-meeting-to-be-held-to-present-fire-investigation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/files\/2023\/09\/17239548-Rnhdzg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dunbar landfill fire: Meeting to be held to present fire investigation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/files\/2023\/09\/17239548-Rnhdzg.jpeg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/files\/2023\/09\/17239548-Rnhdzg-1024x768.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/files\/2023\/09\/17239548-Rnhdzg.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/files\/2023\/09\/17239548-Rnhdzg.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/files\/2023\/09\/17239548-Rnhdzg.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/files\/2023\/09\/17239548-Rnhdzg.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Batteries that have not been removed from unwanted electricals cause more than 700 fires annually in recycling facilities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over Christmas, the issue is even more prevalent, or so it seems, as old or  broken toys and gadgets are dicarded to make way for new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some, but not all local authorities have also been trying persuade residents and raise awareness of the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently some councils are ramping up communications to try and reduce the number of fires caused by batteries in residual waste.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s Recycle reports that the number of fires caused by batteries has been rising and a survey by Material Focus last year found that there were over 700 battery-related fires in the waste and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/2023\/12\/battery-recycling-warning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Battery recycling warning?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":1091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/files\/2023\/09\/17239548-Rnhdzg.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1355,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions\/1355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/dunbarlandfill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}