1.5 tons of batteries were sent for processing in Rivne: collection point

Residents of Rivne sent 1,490 kilograms of used batteries for disposal in December.

Currently, 17 boxes are operating in the city, where such hazardous waste can be taken, reports Eko.Rayon on Facebook.

The article noted that batteries from Rivne are sent to Lviv for sorting, and from there to Poland for disposal.

List of boxes of the utility vehicle enterprise (KATP) 1728:

1. Rivne City Council str. Soborna, 12a;
2. Rivne district police department of the State Government of Ukraine in the Rivne region, st. Pushkin, 4;
3. Rivne State Humanities University, str. Plastova, 31;
4. Department of Housing and Communal Services, str. Shevchenko, 45;
5. "Zlata Plaza" shopping center, str. Korolenko, 1;
6. National University of Water Management and Nature Management, st. Soborna, 11;
7. National University of Water Management and Nature Management, st. Karnaukhov;
8. Cinema Palace "Ukraine" Maidan Nezalezhnosti, 2;
9. Administrative Services Center, Maidan Prosvyta, 2;
10. Rivne Humanitarian Gymnasium str. S. Kovalevska, 17;
11. The main department of the State Emergency Service in the Rivne region str. Polubotka, 37;
12. NGO "Time of action" str. Konovaltsia, 4;
13. Rivne College NUBiP str. Copernicus, 44;
14. Rivne City Palace of Children and Youth str. Book Volodymyra, 10;
15. General education school of I-III degrees No. 25 RMR, str. E. Konovaltsia, 17;
16. Department of Economy of the Republic of Moldova;
17. KATP 1728 at the address of st. Kurchatova, 22.

In landfills under the influence of the sun, batteries are quickly destroyed, and the substances that are in their composition evaporate and are washed away. Only one battery can pollute 16-20 square meters of land or 400 liters of water. Already through water and air, toxic metals enter living organisms, as a result of which they cause damage to organs, impair reproductive abilities and cause cancer.

As EcoPolitic reported before, for the year 2021 in Lutsk townspeople collected and handed over for disposal 7,690 kilograms of spent batteries, 8,819 fluorescent lamps and 692 mercury thermometers.