Batteries are great for mobile phones, computers, vacuum cleaners and toys but they need to be recycled properly at a household recycling centre or your local supermarket.

Household bins are not the place for batteries. Rogue batteries start fires due to the chemicals inside them and they are a risk to householders, refuse collectors and staff in material recycling facilities.

Small battery-powered items

• Mobile phones
• Tablets
• Toys
• Toothbrushes
• Vapes
• Portable batteries
• Laptops

Battery facts

• There are 700 fires each year in refuse lorries and recycling centres.
• Batteries put lives, vehicles and buildings at risk.
• Battery fires cost £158 million every year.

If you live in Newry, Mourne and Down Council area, batteries need to be recycled at a household recycling centre or your local supermarket.