{"id":25132,"date":"2025-11-11T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erp-recycling.org\/uk\/?p=25132"},"modified":"2025-11-11T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:16:10","slug":"battery-takeback-school-recycling-programme-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erp-recycling.org\/uk\/news-and-events\/2025\/11\/battery-takeback-school-recycling-programme-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery takeback: School Recycling Programme Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Battery takeback: When 12,000 schoolchildren across Wales collected more than 3.3 tonnes of used batteries in just eight months, they prevented around 132,000 batteries from ending up in landfill. 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