Rachel Jay, head of education at Veolia, said, 'When they put something with a battery into their waste, when we pick that up it goes into a vehicle that has a compactor in the back and when that compactor essentially crushes the battery, that can cause a spark and cause it to ignite. Of course that is in there with your other packaging materials and those materials can also be flammable and take from that spark.'
Lynsey Smith, head of environmental quality at Newham Council, noted the difficulties some face saying, 'It can be challenging to get to a tip if you don't have a car and then it has to go back to the retailers - spend a couple of minutes online, have a look at your local collection site for that item and it will be likely to be on the high street or one of the big supermarkets, even some of the big hardware stores will take back the batteries if they sell them.'
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