Bucks's recycling centres have joined the fight against 'zombie batteries'.
The name is down to a battery's ability to 'come back to life' once they've been thrown away, which is why they need to be disposed of properly and safety and not with the general rubbish.
Bucks have had to deal with many incidents in their own centres, including a fire in paper bin in Aylesbury.
These batteries are often found in products like laptops, tablets, mobile phones, radio-controlled toys, Bluetooth devices, shavers, electric toothbrushes, power tools, scooters and even e-cigarettes.
Although they're safe to use normally, once dead, these zombie batteries have the power to cause fires or even explode if crushed or damaged during the waste treatment process.
To remind household recycling centre visitors of this danger, Take Charge campaign banners and posters are now on display at all nine centres to highlight the importance of removing batteries from these items before recycling them.
Additional battery recycling bins have been installed near to the electrical items bins to make it even easier to recycle your batteries correctly.
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