After dozens of battery fires throughout New York state in the past year, experts in fire prevention and recycling say consumers need to take lithium-ion battery education seriously.
“They are causing problems not just here locally but across the state,” said Michael Lutestanski, Oswego County’s director of solid waste.
Vice president of Operations for The Battery Network Eric Frederickson said 90% of New Yorkers live within 10 miles of a lithium-ion battery recycling station…