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Greenport station fire highlights lithium‑battery hazards; county to conduct recycling audits
Summary
After a recycling-building fire likely caused by a lithium‑ion battery, Columbia County solid waste officials said they will conduct recycling audits, expand outreach on contamination, and pursue producer‑responsibility solutions for difficult-to-handle batteries and agricultural plastics.
Columbia County’s Solid Waste Department reported a post‑Thanksgiving fire at the Greenport recycling top‑load building that staff suspect originated from a lithium‑ion battery placed in a recycling container. The fire was extinguished quickly by the Greenport Fire Department; there were no injuries and no equipment damage reported.
Wendy, Solid Waste Director, told the committee that lithium‑ion batteries—found in vape pens, phones, chargers and other consumer devices—are an increasing hazard…
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