TV and radio presenter Laura Woods is calling for more schools and students to become battery recycling champions
Primary and secondary school students saved 1.5 million used batteries from landfill last year while helping to support a children's hospice, say WEEE Ireland. The electrical waste not-for-profit said overwhelming participation in their Schools Battery Recycling Competition saw the young champions gather so many they weighed almost as much as four school buses.
Now TV and radio presenter, Laura Woods, is calling on even more students and schools to hop aboard WEEE's drive to ensure even more batteries can be recovered so the valuable materials they contain can be recycled. "It's inspiring to see so many schools engage in this important drive to rescue millions of batteries that might otherwise sit forgotten in drawers or old devices and ensure their valuable materials can be recovered for reuse."
Leo Donovan, CEO of WEEE Ireland, said: "The new European Battery Regulations, applicable from earlier this year, introduce comprehensive rules to manage the entire lifecycle of batteries within the EU. Minimum material recovery targets for materials like cobalt, lithium, and nickel will apply to various battery types, ensuring valuable materials are recaptured.
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