Batteries can ignite when crushed and cannot currently be collected, a council says.

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A ban on disposable vapes was introduced last year.

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Sajmir Beca was found in a commercial waste bin in Northampton last year The family of a man who died after he was crushed in the back of a refuse lorry after sleeping in a bin, say they still have ...

Quick thinking refuse workers averted a major fire in their wagon when they spotted wrongly discarded batteries had ignited. The crew working for Wyre Council contracted Veolia "ejected" the batteries ...

Refuse worker Brandon Osborne is branded "brilliant" for visiting a three-year-old toy theft victim.