{"id":2309,"date":"2021-07-16T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricova.com\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2024-02-15T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:29:00","slug":"batteries-in-the-recycling-bin-a-fire-hazard-mixture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/batteries-in-the-recycling-bin-a-fire-hazard-mixture\/","title":{"rendered":"Batteries in the Recycling Bin: A Fire Hazard Mixture!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2309\" class=\"elementor elementor-2309 elementor-2261\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41dd4da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41dd4da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3164ee9\" data-id=\"3164ee9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c47da8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c47da8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each year, four to eight fires occur in sorting centers, which puts the health and safety of workers and the integrity of buildings at risk, while undermining the sound management of residual materials in Quebec.<\/p><p>The main culprits are lithium batteries, commonly used as a power source for electronic tools and equipment. These undesirable materials are still often found in sorting centers, which are not adapted to receiving them. Together with gasoline canisters, propane cylinders and other hazardous materials of all kinds, batteries pose a high risk of fire when damaged and brought into contact with highly flammable materials, such as paper and cardboard.<\/p><p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rapport-analyse-de-risque-incendie-dans-les-centres-de-tri.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>a report<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that we had commissioned, the number of fires caused by batteries, including lithium fires, has increased fourfold in recent years. Batteries alone account for more than 90% of the causes of fire. Ricova, recently, suffered two battery-caused fires on the same day at its Montreal facility.<\/p><p>What can you do, as a citizen, to avoid these situations and lessen the risk of injury to sorting center employees?<\/p><ul><li>First look for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca\/entreprises-organismes\/mieux-gerer\/pictogrammes-signalisation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M\u00f6bius symbol with a number<\/strong><\/span><\/a>,which can be found on all materials that can go into the recycling bin. This is the first clue that you can put this object in the blue bin.<\/li><li>Then check with your municipality to find out if this material is being processed in your area.<\/li><li>Check out the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca\/points-de-recuperation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Where is it going?<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, from Recyc-Qu\u00e9bec, which informs you on the correct way to dispose of more than 800 consumer products.<\/li><li>If the object you want to redirect away from a landfill cannot be disposed in a recycling bin, turn to specialized programs such as the &#8220;Serpuarians&#8221;.<\/li><\/ul><p>Finally, the eco-center or waste disposal facility near you will probably be able to recover hazardous materials that cannot be recovered elsewhere. Find out more on the website of your municipality.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba7a589 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba7a589\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6500a64\" data-id=\"6500a64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-744afec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"744afec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incendies-causes-par-les-piles.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2271\" alt=\"Battery fires\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incendies-causes-par-les-piles.jpg 865w, https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incendies-causes-par-les-piles-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incendies-causes-par-les-piles-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Incendies-causes-par-les-piles-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b833c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6b833c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.call2recycle.ca\/call2recycle-announces-2020-canadian-provincial-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>4.1 million kilograms of used batteries were recycled in 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, according to Call to Recycle Canada Inc., much work remains to be done in terms of recycling used batteries. They must not end up in sorting centres and landfills. \u00a0Despite constantly updated training and preventive measures in our sorting centers, it must be said that the number of fires is still constantly increasing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, four to eight fires occur in sorting centers, which puts the health and safety of workers and the integrity of buildings at risk, while undermining the sound management of residual materials in Quebec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[61,62,60],"class_list":["post-2309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","tag-batteries","tag-recycling-bin","tag-sorting-centers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}