Half of Australian households are still throwing out batteries with their rubbish or recycling, putting workers and trucks at risk of fires.
The group charged with recycling batteries issued a warning about the practice on Tuesday as Australians clean up after Christmas, and a report found each home stored an average of 11 used batteries.
The B-Cycle battery stewardship scheme also called for more states to regulate e-bike and e-scooter battery recycling after the NSW government introduced new standards.
