Portland launches curbside battery recycling for safer waste management
People in Portland can now put old batteries out with their recycling.A new curbside battery collection service started today. Portland, Oregon, has launched a curbside battery recycling program for safer waste management. Residents living in a house, duplex, triplex, or fourplex can now dispose of their old batteries in a one-quart bag, which is then set out with their glass recycling. The program aims to reduce battery-caused fires at recycling and waste facilities. The Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability says this will help reduce the number of battery fires at these facilities.
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People in Portland can now put old batteries out with their recycling.
Portlanders who live in a house, duplex, triplex, or fourplex can put their old batteries in a one-quart bag and then set it out with their glass recycling.
The program will help cut down on the number of battery-caused fires at recycling and waste facilities, the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability says.
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