1000 yellow recycling bins with striking colors have recently appeared in schools, some residential quarters and government agencies, specializing in "eating" waste batteries harmful to the environment. The relevant departments hope that the general public, for their own living environment, should not throw away the used batteries casually, but let the recycling bins "starve".
Small batteries bring convenience to people's lives, but heavy metal elements such as mercury, cadmium and lead contained in waste batteries seriously pollute land and water sources and affect human health. Now some college students in Nanjing spontaneously organize to recycle in residential areas, but many citizens still find the recycling channel inconvenient. It is suggested to set up more recycling points similar to garbage bins. Recently, the City Appearance Bureau has strived to invest 654.38+million yuan to order special recycling bins from Shanghai and put them in schools, residential areas and government institutions in six urban areas. This recycling bucket is shaped like a big battery, painted yellow, indicating dangerous things. The materials used are resistant to corrosion and high temperature, and will not crack even if they fall from a place 30 meters high. Residents can call 44 10086 to report the problems existing in the recycling of used batteries. (Qin Hui Huixia)