Parul Sood: Auckland Council Deputy Director of Resilience and Infrastructure on e-waste in rubbish bins
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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Auckland Council's sounding the alarm over a spike in rubbish-truck fires this month.
It says more and more risky batteries and battery-powered devices are being illegally dumped in bins.
In December alone, nearly 600 laptops and more than 300 12-volt batteries ended up in Auckland’s regional recycling facility.
Parul Sood, Auckland Council’s Deputy Director of Resilience and Infrastructure, told Andrew Dickens that the council website has a list of places you can take e-waste, and many retailers actually offer to take it back for free.
She says it’s a community responsibility to do the right thing, so people just need to spend a little more time thinking before automatically tossing something in the rubbish bin.
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