The City of Rockingham wants more residents to make use of its battery recycling program.
The City of Rockingham has been running its own battery recycling program for several years now and wants more residents to get behind the initiative to dispose of old batteries correctly.
Australians purchase more than 300 million handheld batteries every year, with less than 6 per cent estimated to be recycled properly.
Last year Rockingham recorded more than 1500kg of batteries recycled through the hazardous household waste facility at Millar Road landfill.
Mayor Barry Sammels encouraged more residents to join in the environmental effort by disposing their used batteries at a number of drop off locations around the City.
“Dry cell batteries, which are found in children’s toys, small appliances and torches, are able to be recycled in bins at all four of the City’s libraries, the City’s administration building on Civic Boulevard and at the Millar Road Landfill Facility,” he said.
“Mobile phone batteries are recycled through a program called Mobile Muster and these recycling bins are found next to the dry-cell battery recycling bins at the libraries, landfill and City administration building.
“Car batteries should be taken to the Millar Road Landfill Facility.”
The chemicals released from hazardous battery waste at landfill sites are known to have a huge negative impact on the environment, which is why residents are encouraged to recycle wherever they can.
City of Rockingham officers collect batteries from the designated disposal bins around the City and take them to the Hazardous Household Waste Facility.
From there the batteries are taken to a facility where they are sorted into chemistry types, before being transported to Victoria, where 95 per cent of the battery materials are recovered.
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