Townsville has disposed of hundreds of potentially dangerous disused devices containing embedded batteries for free as part of inter-council program. But the number of batteries handed in to date through the Household Embedded Battery Collections Program, supported by Townsville City Council, is a drop in the ocean compared to the amount likely lurking in local …
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Mayor warns of risks with embedded batteries

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