Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are responsible for around 48% of all waste fires occurring in the UK each year, costing some £158 million annually to waste operators, fire services and the environment, according to new research we conducted. Li-ion batteries are found in an increasing number of electrical and electronic household [...]
Eunomia has convened a consortium to explore the costs of, and potential measures to prevent, fires which are being started by Lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries in waste. Fires in waste electronics are estimated to be growing: the incidence of fires in waste company Veolia’s refuse trucks are up 37.5% since 2017, [...]
Working with a range of partners, we have designed and launched a trial campaign to prevent battery fires by encouraging people to recycle batteries separately and safely. “Batteries can burn and fires can kill – Recycle batteries separately” is the strong message from the new campaign in Merseyside which runs [...]
A recycling facility designed with our support on behalf the London Borough of Hounslow and its local authority trading company Recycle 360 has been shortlisted in the Health & Safety Initiative Category of the MRW 2018 National Recycling Awards for its fire safety measures. The Southall Lane Depot has been [...]