Waste sorting: drugs and batteries, where do they go?



When the classic question "Where do I throw it?" regards some materials, the matter becomes even more delicate. Let's try to understand how to answer this question with regards to the separate collection of drugs and batteries .

Where to throw away expired drugs

Home cleaning, open yet another drawer and find it full of drugs . All expired .

In itself, the discovery is the harbinger of two good news:

1- Your body has fared very well even without those drugs;

2- A new scenario opens up: that drawer can accommodate everything now.

Well. Make a smile. Prepare a large bag, go to the containers of the separate collection, float between the blue, white or yellow container, looking for some symbol that will do for you. You can't find it. And if you don't find it, it is because the disposal of drugs follows different paths from those of the separate collection to which we are all trying to get used to.

Pharmacies and ASLs are equipped with white containers where it is possible to dispose of expired drugs.

The fate of batteries: gentle disposal

At electrical equipment stores and shopping malls there are special containers for disposing of dead batteries. Having the foresight to throw them into these containers makes it possible to recover the metals of the pile, so that they can be useful again without polluting the environment.

It took several years to come to a regulation at European level that would regulate the disposal of batteries and batteries and then, finally, in 2008, the European Parliament approved a directive aimed at ensuring the implementation of collection systems throughout Europe of batteries and accumulators.

But why is the disposal of batteries and batteries so delicate? Every year, around 800, 000 tons of car batteries, 190, 000 tons of industrial batteries and 160, 000 tons of portable batteries (of which 30% are rechargeable) are placed on the market in the EU. If during use, they are not particularly harmful to the environment or human health, when the batteries run out their mercury, lead and cadmium content carries risks. Moreover, an important detail: the metals of a single pile pollute 40 liters of water for 50 years.

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