Posts Tagged ‘battery safety’

Survey on button cell use and recycling

Posted on: May 2nd, 2016

Readers are invited to take part in a short survey to inform the development of a pilot project on the More…

Posted on: April 15th, 2016

ABRI has received funding from the NSW Environmental Trust to investigate new business models for the collection, recycling and disposal More…

Posted on: November 5th, 2015

The Queensland Coroner has published his report into the death of Summer Steer, who died in 2013 after swallowing a More…

Posted on: April 20th, 2015

Qantas has introduced a ban on shipping lithium-ion batteries (UN 3480) by air freight. The ban does not affect batteries More…

Posted on: October 28th, 2014

A study in 2013 by Kidsafe ACT investigated why injury outcomes from button battery ingestion differ between countries. Injury outcomes More…

Posted on: August 25th, 2014

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has established a working group for photovoltaic (PV) storage. The group’s charter states that it More…

Posted on: March 4th, 2014

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is reminding parents and carers about the risks of button batteries. On 28 More…

Posted on: June 29th, 2013

ABRI has prepared a series of guidelines on the safe collection, storage, transport and handling of used handheld batteries. They More…

Posted on: January 8th, 2013

ABRI has received a grant from Sustainability Victoria to prepare a risk assessment and guidelines for the safe collection, storage and More…