Car Batteries
This section is still under construction
Household batteries
The DLGE introduced its household (dry-cell) battery recycling scheme in June 2005 and the first quarterly collections took place in November 2005. Quarterly collections are made from Co-op stores and Civic Amenity sites where battery collection units are located.
Table 1 - Weight of household batteries recycled (kg)
| Month | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | n/a | - | - |
| February | n/a | - | 1060 |
| March | n/a | 890 | - |
| April | n/a | - | - |
| May | n/a | - | - |
| June | n/a | - | 1020 |
| July | n/a | 830 | |
| August | n/a | - | |
| September | n/a | - | |
| October | n/a | - | |
| November | 970 | 840 | |
| December | - | - | |
| Annual Total | 970 | 2560 | |
| Current running total | - | - | 2080 |
Since the scheme began in 2005, we have collected 5610kg of dry-cell batteries for recycling. This equates to approximately 270,000 'AA' batteries!
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