New battery recycling bins for Perth
Source: WA. Dept of the Environment
"Environment Minister Donna Faragher today launched a new recycling initiative to encourage Perth residents to recycle common household batteries. The Metropolitan Household Battery Recycling program, the first community-based program of its kind in Australia, provides householders with the opportunity to safely dispose of and recycle old batteries.
Under the program, being rolled out by Perth’s five metropolitan regional councils, 150 new battery drop-off recycling bins have been installed in public libraries, council administration offices and leisure centres across Perth. From the bins, the batteries are collected, sorted, melted and recycled into new products. "