Used Batteries: Drop-Off Bins at Convenience Stores

[Staff Report]

Used dry cell batteries contain heavy metals and cause pollution if thrown out with regular trash, officials said. Drop them off at collection bins in convenience stores and hypermarkets.

Fourteen convenience stores in the district have bins, accepting ordinary batteries, button cells and mobile phone batteries, but not lead-acid batteries.

There is also a reward program: bring used batteries to designated points to be weighed and exchanged. Details from the sanitation team.

Fluorescent tubes and other used light sources should also be recycled; hand them to the recycling truck crew rather than putting them in the garbage truck.