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Avoiding battery waste this Christmas

November 12, 2026 · 3 min

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70 per cent of Irish homes have used batteries lying idle, new research from the European Recycling Platform (ERP) Ireland reveals, as the country enters the busiest battery-buying time of the year. 

To explain how to recycle your batteries was Yvonne Holmes, Head of Corporate Communications at ERP Ireland.

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