Batteries included!

You can now recycle domestic batteries at special boxes throughout Hertsmere.

Batteries should not be put in your normal waste as they are made from metals that are toxic and when they are thrown into landfill, the dangerous metals can seep into the ground water and eventually into the food chain potentially harming humans and wildlife.  If they are recycled, the metals including lead, zinc and lithium, can be reused.

Councillor Jean Heywood, Environment Portfolio Holder, said: "Only about three per cent of batteries are recycled in Britain so we hope these boxes will encourage residents to dispose of them responsibly."

Cllr Jean Heywood with the battery box

You can recycle all types of batteries - from those that go in your TV remote, to ones in hearing aids - so please recycle them at your nearest collection point, or better still, buy rechargeable ones!

Recycle your batteries at:

• Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood
• Bushey Area Office, The Bushey Centre, High Street
• Potters Bar Area Office, The Wyllyotts Centre, Darkes Lane
• Aldenham Parish Council, The Radlett Centre, Aldenham Avenue

Non-domestic batteries - such as car batteries - can be taken to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) where domestic batteries can also be recycled:

• Allum Lane, Elstree
• Cranborne Road, Potters Bar
• Wiggenhall Road, Watford