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Fire brigades called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours

11th May 2026

Batteries / Lithium Ion Batteries / Waste Fires

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Over 7,000 vapes a day are found in just four Biffa sites

5th November 2025

Biffa / disposable vapes / Lithium Ion Batteries

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UK consortium secures £8.1 million to scale EV battery recycling

26th August 2025

Critical Raw Materials / Electric Vehicles / Lithium Ion Batteries

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Scientists create new method to recycle LI batteries using vegetable oil

26th February 2025

battery recycling / Lithium Ion Batteries / Recycling

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Altilium secures US$5m investment for EV battery recycling plant

9th January 2025

battery reuse / Electric Vehicles / Lithium Ion Batteries

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50% of Londoners admit dangerous battery disposal habits

13th November 2024

Batteries / Lithium Ion Batteries / North London Waste Authority

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Pilot project to trial tech that prevents batteries igniting in HWRCs

23rd October 2024

E-Waste / Lithium Ion Batteries / Waste Fires

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New system launched to extract lithium-ion batteries from waste streams

25th June 2024

artificial intelligence / Lithium Ion Batteries / WEEE

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Cambridge City Council recorded 7 bin lorry fires caused by batteries in 2024

3rd June 2024

Lithium Ion Batteries / local authorities / Waste Fire

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Over 1,200 battery fires in bin lorries and waste sites last year

13th May 2024

Lithium Ion Batteries / Material Focus / Waste Fires

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Researchers develop method to upcycle end-of-life batteries

20th December 2023

Electric Vehicles / Lithium Ion Batteries / Recycling

Insight

Battery recycling technology: The race to a circular economy

13th December 2023

Circular Economy / Lithium Ion Batteries / Recycling

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Fire Service issues lithium battery warning after bin lorry fires

29th August 2023

Batteries / Lithium Ion Batteries / Waste Fires

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78% of single-use vapes disposed of in general waste bins

19th July 2023

disposable vapes / Lithium Ion Batteries / Waste Fires / WEEE

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“UK’s first” industrial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling plant to open

25th April 2023

Lithium Ion Batteries / Recycling / Technology Minerals

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E-scooters increasing danger of battery fires, BMRA says

17th February 2023

BMRA / EWEEE / Lithium Ion Batteries

Opinion

New life for old EV batteries: How repurposing can help to drive green power

6th December 2022

Circular Economy / Electric Vehicles / Lithium Ion Batteries

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Over 700 fires in bin lorries and recycling centres are caused by batteries

1st December 2022

Lithium Ion Batteries / local authorities / Waste Fires