Battery fires from electronic devices an increasing problem across UK
LITHIUM ion batteries such as those in mobile phones are responsible for a growing number of fires – and new rules are urgently required to safeguard the public, a leading environmental group has warned. Experts say blazes linked to the items are worse over Christmas and New Year – especially in recycling centres and in the back of refuse collection vehicles. That’s because so many more of us are throwing away batteries which, if not properly recycled, can start fires. A spokesman for the Environmental Services Association told GB News: “Fires are a perennial issue for our sector because people put all sorts of flammable things out into the rubbish and in ways that they shouldn’t. “But what we are seeing at the moment specifically is that lithium ion batteries are responsible for a growing proportion of…