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Cashback Instead of Residual Waste: New Rules for Batteries?

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More and more fires in waste plants go back to incorrectly disposed lithium batteries. The VOEB demands a cashback system. 81 per cent of Austrians would return batteries against money. It burns more and more often in Austria's waste management plants and the cause are in many cases incorrectly disposed lithium batteries. Even the smallest friction can suffice to ignite them. Again and again there are fires that endanger not only waste plants, b…
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More and more fires in waste plants go back to incorrectly disposed lithium batteries. The VOEB demands a cashback system. 81 per cent of Austrians would return batteries against money. It burns more and more often in Austria's waste management plants and the cause are in many cases incorrectly disposed lithium batteries. Even the smallest friction can suffice to ignite them. Again and again there are fires that endanger not only waste plants, b…

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5min.at broke the news in on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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