Residents of Hertfordshire are being encouraged to begin dropping off redundant batteries at specific drop-off points as a means of boosting recycle efforts for battery waste. The scheme, scheduled to begin sometime this month, will require battery disposal to be handled at specific drop-off bins by all residents. Hertfordshire County Council approved the scheme after a study released the figures that only three percent of all batteries across the UK were being re-used. Executive member for waste, as well as the chairman of the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership, Derrick Ashley stated that batteries are comprised of important chemicals and materials such as ... Full Story

