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Baltimore County businesses, county spokesperson urge wider electronics and battery recycling
Summary
Local recyclers and a county public information specialist highlighted growing electronics waste, hazards from batteries and the county's effort to spotlight businesses that recycle hard-to-handle items.
Electronics recycling business owners and a Baltimore County public information specialist used a county presentation to describe electronics scrap as a rapidly growing part of the waste stream and to urge more businesses to recycle batteries and electronic devices.
Speakers said electronics scrap is expanding and that batteries pose environmental hazards if not handled properly. "Electronics scrap is the fastest growing segment of the solid waste stream," said Speaker 1, an electronics recycling business owner. Speaker 3, who identified themselves as representing an industrial battery company, warned of contamination risks, saying, "In lead acid…
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