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Commission adopts ordinance requiring retailers to offer free battery recycling after citing fire risks
Summary
Broward County commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance requiring retailers above a volume threshold to offer free recycling for used batteries, impose fines for noncompliance and restrict penalties for consumers, citing growing lithium-battery fire risks and environmental concerns.
Broward County commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance April 1 that requires certain retailers to provide free recycling for used batteries and establishes penalties for retailer noncompliance.
The sponsor said the ordinance responds to a regional concern about fires caused by improperly disposed lithium batteries. “What this does is it creates an ordinance requiring retailers to offer free recycling for batteries,” the sponsor told the commission, describing…
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