DSNY runs out of room to store fire damaged lithium ion batteries

[Capttomo]

As Battery Fires Mount, Sanitation Department Scrambles to Deal with the Hazardous Aftermath

A DSNY facility in Gravesend, Brooklyn that stored damaged batteries reached capacity last year, leading the city to issue an emergency procurement to remove them.

www.thecity.nyc

 

[jlab]

Think of all of the cell phones that people do not recycle when they get a new phone. What happens to them ? Mostly they either throw them out illegally or they sit in a drawer somewhere in the house forgotten. I wonder if the " forgotten battery" could suddenly fail by itself and cause a fire ?