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DPW Warns of Hazardous E‑Bike Batteries, Details Snowstorm Cleanup
Summary
Springfield Township DPW described growing disposal costs and safety risks from lithium‑ion e‑bike batteries and summarized a major storm response (roughly 35 crew hours, ~50 tons of salt, school drop‑off clearing), and said staff will pursue policy options.
Township public works staff told the Springfield Township Committee that lithium‑ion batteries removed from e‑bikes are creating recurring hazardous‑materials problems and disposal costs.
DPW and other staff described incidents in which e‑bike batteries caught fire and required county hazmat teams to overpack the cells into 55‑gallon steel drums. "To get rid of a 55gallon drum is roughly $2 to $3,000," a staff member said, adding that…
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