County offers new battery recycling boxes - Record Herald

County offers new battery recycling boxes - Record Herald

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Fayette County now has new battery recycling boxes in various locations to help prevent fires at the local landfill due to improperly discarded batteries. Disposing of household batteries in the home trash is an unsafe practice, according to solid waste management personnel. Fayette County Engineer and Sanitation Engineer Jason Little said, “We recently had a fire at the landfill due to improper disposal of batteri…