ARE YOU RECYCLING YOUR HEARING AID BATTERIES?
Amongst the 600 million batteries ending up in landfill every year, 50 million are hearing aid batteries! Both these figures are unacceptable and are well behind the rest of Europe. Please do your part to help reduce this.
Rayovac has now signed up with one of the largest recycling schemes in the UK called ‘Battery Back’.
‘Battery Back’ now has 3000 collection points for batteries, including your hearing aid batteries, and we urge you to use these collection points, or to save your hearing aid batteries and hand them to your dispenser so that he/she can dispose of them accordingly. This is vital for the batteries that contain mercury, as the mercury eventually leaks back into the soil and can ultimately enter our water system and food chain. Mercury is highly poisonous and destroys our vital organs and nerve tissue.
To find your closest collection point visit:
http://www.wastecare.co.uk/battery/
More info at:
www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/sustainability/batteries/page30610.html
Mercury Free Hearing Aid Batteries – only £1.80 per pack
