Monday,
20 January 2025
Batteries starting fires in garbage, recycling trucks

RURAL City of Wangaratta is urging people to stop throwing batteries in the general waste or recycle bins as they are causing truck and landfill fires.

Council director community and infrastructure Marcus Goonan said minor fires have occurred locally in both the back of waste trucks and at the landfill.

He said people can dispose of batteries safely and for free at council's transfer station or at s...

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