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City residents can now safely dispose of household dry-cell batteries at recycling bins delivered to locations around the City of Gosnells.
City of Gosnells CEO Ian Cowie said the bins were located in the City’s Administration Building on Albany Highway, Gosnells, the Operations Centre in Maddington, the Kenwick Library, Knowledge Centre in Gosnells and Leisure World in Thornlie.
“I am delighted the City can be a part of this ground breaking new recycling initiative,” Mr Cowie said.
“The program is being administered by the Dry-Cell Battery Working Group and involves all five of Perth’s metropolitan regional councils – including the Southern, Eastern, Western, Mindarie and Rivers Regional Councils.”
It is estimated that more than 18 million household batteries are thrown away in WA each year and by eliminating household batteries from ordinary household rubbish, they can be recycled into a range of valuable new products such as streetlights, car parts and building materials, rather than going to waste.
The new battery recycling bins accept most household batteries including AA and AAA cells (single use and rechargeable), C and D sized batteries, watch batteries and 6 and 9V batteries.
For more information go to www.zerowastewa.com.au/recovery/community/batteries/
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