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Lithium-ion Batteries are Causing Five-alarm Fires in Garbage Trucks, Waste and Recycling Facilities

2018-05-21 17:26:33| Waste Age

In 2017, 65 percent of fires in California waste facilities started with lithium-ion batteries.

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