Whether you know it or not, lithium is one of the most important elements humans have made use of, but what happens if our ...

Several fires across northern Utah sparked by lithium ion battery-powered equipment have kept fire crews busy. Now, they're ...

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Batteries power our phones, laptops, tools, toys—and increasingly, our waste and recycling systems are paying the price.

The Deschutes County Solid Waste Department has expanded its Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) disposal options at Knott ...

RENO COUNTY —Firefighters responded to a large outside fire early Tuesday morning at the Hutchinson landfill, where burning ...

CYPRESS, Calif. (AP) — California shouldn't weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that ...

What are the rules for discarding dead batteries in Iowa? According to Metro Waste Authority, it varies based on type.

A spark from a lithium-ion battery can quickly turn into a full-on blaze, just like it did earlier this month at the Iowa City Landfill. But worst of all, Resource Management Superintendent Jennifer ...

Also, lithium is highly flammable if it gets exposed ... Hence, their chances of ending up in landfills are lower, Goyal opines. Further, according to Lohum’s Verma, given the rising costs ...

Would you heat your earbuds’ lithium-ion batteries to over 300F ... rather than seeing thousands of the things end up in landfill. But replaceable batteries have yet to arrive in Apple products ...