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UK Battery Fires Cost £1bn Yearly
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Wrongly discarded lithium batteries cause over 10 fires weekly at UK recycling centres. The Environment Services Association reported 1,518 fires in the year to March 2026, with 541 directly attributed to lithium ion batteries and 216 in bin lorries. The cost reaches £1bn annually.
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