By Melanie Arias, March 24, 2026 The slogan “Skip the Bin! Turn your batteries in!” was plastered along the Engineering Meadow at the Take Back event hosted by the Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory club ...

The scheme is in response to a sharp rise in fires caused by lithium-ion batteries hidden inside everyday items.

Pacific Palisades launched Another Bounce to recycle the millions of tennis and pickleballs thrown into landfills.

A lithium-ion battery explosion sparked a massive fire at a Fulton recycling plant Friday morning.Thick, black smoke filled ...

Parents of a 4-year-old girl who is fighting for her life in a Southern California children’s hospital after swallowing a ...

Most of us have a kitchen drawer or a random tub somewhere that’s slowly filling up with dead batteries we’re not quite sure ...

Learn whether electronics and batteries can legally be tossed in the trash and how to dispose of them safely instead.

In Lane County, at Short Mountain Landfill alone, there were 51 battery-related fires in 2025, and the landfill has had to increase staffing to ensure round-the-clock monitoring, Lane County ...