Summary

"No person shall dispose of any wet-cell batteries, lithium-ion batteries, or electronic devices in any solid waste landfill facility or incinerator in New Hampshire." As of July 1st, it is illegal for anyone in New Hampshire - resident, business, hauler, or transfer station (just to name a few) - to throw lithium-ion batteries into the waste stream to end up in a landfill or waste-to-energy incinerator.

Roughly $23 million in recyclables end up in landfill. And these are the kinds of things commonly included in recycling programs,

Read more at NHPR.org

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