BATTERY RECYCLING TRIALS IN SILVERDALE CLIFTON AND WILFORD

Residents across Clifton, Silverdale and Wilford can now recycle household batteries as part of a pilot initiative launched last month. Nottingham City Council has introducing battery recycling to help residents recycle more of their waste. They have supplied households with a small plastic bag to put their batteries in which they can then leave out for collection on recycling day.
Hundreds of batteries have already been recycled since the launch in early June. Nottingham residents get through nearly three-million household batteries every year, which together weighed nearly 100 tonnes. In 2009, over 99% of these ended up in either landfill or incineration.
On the day of collection, residents are asked to secure the bag and place it on the lid of their recycling bin. Nottingham City Council will then leave an empty bag when the bag is collected for further battery recycling. All common household batteries are accepted as well as button, power tool, lantern, laptop and mobile phone batteries. Car/automotive or industrial batteries or other electrical equipment such as fuses and plugs unfortunately can not be collected and recycling through this scheme.
Councillor Katrina Bull, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Climate Change at Nottingham City Council, said: “Over the last year or so, we have received a large number of enquiries with regards to batteries and how they can be recycled.
“We have listened to those voices and I am delighted that we can launch a scheme which will make it easier to recycle household batteries. Those covered by this trial have this ideal opportunity to reduce the environmental impact on the way they disposed of.”
For further information about this scheme please call 0115 915 2000 or visit nottinghamcity.gov.uk