City officials want New Yorkers to stop tossing the batteries in their household trash.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Fires inside New York City garbage trucks caused by lithium-ion batteries are rising at an alarming rate, prompting sanitation officials to issue repeated public warnings against tossing the devices in household trash.
The batteries are supposed to be disposed alongside other hazardous materials, and city officials urge New Yorkers to get rid of them atWhile no injuries have been reported from the truck fires, city officials say they are concerned about the dangers to sanitation employees as these batteries proliferate in the“This is certainly a growing challenge that we as an industry are facing,” said Gregory Anderson, the sanitation department's deputy commissioner for policy and strategic initiatives,...
“It is against the law to dispose of lithium-ion batteries in your trash or regular recycling, and these fires are clear evidence that doing so endangers the lives of our sanitation workers,” Goodman said. Nurse pointed out that many people who know the dangers of lithium-ion batteries are trying to get them out of their own households.
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