Households should be banned from placing unwanted waste electrical equipment and lithium-ion batteries in roadside collection bins, the British Metal Recycling Association (BMRA) says.
It says the Government should instead instruct local councils to carry out kerbside collections where people could also discard single-use vapes.
The BMRA says the change is needed because the waste and recycling sector is witnessing an ever-increasing number of fires caused by the items.
Their warning comes days after the Mayor Of London, Sadiq Khan, outlined his concerns at surging cases being dealt with by firefighters in the capital.
In many instances, the crews found the blazes could be linked to batteries being used in e-scooters.
Antonia Grey, the Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the BMRA, said: “Householders need to be taken out of the equation as far as possible when it comes to the…
Households “should be banned” from disposing of batteries in roadside collection bins
