Lithium-ion batteries can be found in cell phones, electric vehicles and more. But local waste and recycling company Rumpke wants to tell customers where it doesn’t want to find those batteries — inside its transfer stations.
A small lithium-ion battery fire broke out at Rumpke’s Dayton Material Recovery Facility early Friday morning. This is a recycling transfer facility that takes materials like glass or cardboard.
“Normally when we see batteries in our facility, it just means that someone put it in their recycling,” said Molly Kennedy, Rumpke’s communications coordinator for the Dayton region…