A company that is involved in the recycling of lithium batteries has caught fire at Collico, about 30km north of us. How strange, a lithium battery caught fire scared

The factory has been on fire since yesterday and it is expected to take some time to be completely resolved. In the mean time it is an ecological disaster. We first noticed a burning plastic smell last night and apparently it has spread to more than 40 kilometres. The authorities have recommended staying indoors and limiting activity in the open. There is to wonder if a lot of polluted water is going to finish in the lake with eventual damage to the fish population and wildlife.

It is certainly not a disaster on the level of Chernobyl but it does indicate that the use of lithium batteries and the disposal thereof is perhaps not the environmental bed of roses that they would like us to believe.

Peter

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