Eco-awareness is not the preserve of the young, and older people are far more environmentally conscious, at least when it comes to the disposal of batteries, according to a new piece of research.
The survey from the not-for-profit waste management organisation WEEE Ireland found that despite repeated warnings around the environmental and safety hazards of battery disposal almost half of under-34s continue to throw them in the bin rather than recycling them.
The poll of 1,000 adults carried out by Empathy Research, also revealed more than one in four people have no idea that batteries contain valuable resources such as cobalt, zinc, nickel and lithium which can be used again.
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Older cohort better at recycling batteries than younger people – research
