Poczta Polska cares for the environment: Sale and recycling of batteries
The battery day is celebrated on February 18. In Poczta Polska you can buy batteries - stationary and online and put them for recycling. Both services are very popular among customers. On the occasion of this unusual holiday, customers of the postal online store can buy batteries with a discount.
The batteries available in all own facilities of Poczta Polska and are becoming more and more popular. Visitors to postal points can buy, among others High -performance batteries of different capacity. The analyzes show that they most often reach for fingers: thin AAA/R03 and thicker AA/R6 as well as a pastel/button batteries 2032. Most often they are located in the Vocinal area, so they are easy to find among other commercial goods.
in the online store , but also batteries for repeated charging, premium batteries and specialist batteries: for hearing aids, pilots, wireless door bells, safety systems (alarm, locators) and other devices. On the occasion of the battery life, at sklep.poczta-polska.pl you can buy batteries with a 30% discount .
Poczta Polska, in accordance with the law, not only sells batteries, but also collects and transmits used batteries for recycling. Annually, thousands of kilograms of batteries used in home appliances are thrown into the containers placed in the facilities.
Battery recycling - guide
• Statistically, every Pole uses about 10-12 batteries a year. These data include both disposable batteries and batteries used in various home appliances.
• Due to the fact that the batteries contain toxic substances, they cannot be thrown into mixed waste containers. Lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel or lithium that are in them can contaminate soil and water and, together with contaminated water or food, cause serious disease changes.
• Used batteries should be stored in a dry, cool place, away from children and animals.
• Disposable batteries (AA, AAA, button) should be thrown into specially marked containers, located, among others in post offices, but also shops and supermarkets, electronics sales outlets, or selective municipal waste collection points (PSZOK), and sometimes also schools or offices.
• You can throw batteries without damage and leaking batteries into the containers. The latter, to avoid contact with toxic liquid, are best removed from devices in disposable gloves, using a paper towel or toothpick and throw in the containers the best protected in a plastic bag.
• Battery recycling allows you to recover 95% of raw materials (including lithium, cobalt, nickel), which were used for their production.
• A way to support the ecological use of batteries is also to use batteries that can be charged many times, thus reducing the amount of waste.
Since last year, there are also containers for small, worn household appliances that can be recycled in selected post offices. The service is pilot and can be used in over 350 facilities in the province. Mazowiecki, Śląskie and Łódź.