This is the case with lithium batteries.<\/p>\n\n
Placed in the blue bin, they are crushed and break during transport. They can then explode and catch fire in the truck or during sorting. With all the paper and cardboard that ends up in the recycling bin, fire spreads quickly.<\/p>\n\n
Proper sorting of materials helps avoid incidents that delay collection and expose employees to injury.<\/p>\n\n
Recognizing lithium batteries<\/strong> Serious consequences<\/strong> When a fire breaks out in a truck, it can take several minutes for the driver to realize it. He then had to contact the fire department and quickly find a safe place to unload the contents of his dumpster. Firefighters then put out the blaze.<\/p>\n\n In the event of a fire in the sorting center, whether small or large, the machines have to be shut down and all the people working there evacuated.<\/p>\n\n When you know that in some cases it can take several days to receive a missing part for repair, it’s a good reason to do the right thing.<\/p>\n\n A thirty-minute stoppage of the sorting line alone costs taxpayers several thousand dollars.<\/p>\n\n Simple solutions<\/strong> You can’t go to the ecocenter and prefer libraries? But don’t worry, battery recycling boxes from Appel \u00e0 recycler are available at most municipal libraries. They can also be found in many stores, such as pharmacies and hardware stores.<\/p>\n\n For the full list, please visit appelarecycler.com. To find out more about the materials accepted and refused in the recycling bin, consult \u00c7a va o\u00f9?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Can this item be recycled? when you’re not sure, do you put it in the recycling bin, figuring they’ll know what to do with it at the sorting center? don’t worry, you’re not the only one. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classifiee"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n