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Lithium-Ion Battery Suspected Of Causing ECUA Recycling Facility Fire
April 24, 2025
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority suspects a lithium-ion battery is to blame for causing a fire on Wednesday afternoon in their Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) at the Perdido Landfill.
ECUA said their staff quickly responded to the fire and suppressed it. Escambia County Fire Rescue responded at 1:17 p.m. and declared the fire under control by 1:47 p.m.
Nathalie Bowers, ECUA public information officer, said all recycling operations will continue on Thursday.
There were no injuries reported.
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7 Responses to “Lithium-Ion Battery Suspected Of Causing ECUA Recycling Facility Fire”
ECUA’s official stance on battery disposal is to take these types of batteries to retailers like home depot and lowes or whoever else might take these. It’s a pretty lazy approach, even by ECUA standards
@JennyRae I’d probably worry more about the person vaping. Maybe stop doing that and you won’t have to worry about other hazards. Not just my personal opinion. God bless.
At one time Lowes took old batteries. Not sure if they still do, was at the entrance doors.
I have a small trashcan full of used disposable vapes. I cannot throw them in the recycle can, nor can I throw them in regular trash. Nobody seems to know WHAT to do with them to properly dispose of them. So, they sit outside, waiting, until I find a SAFE and PROPER disposal for them.
DO NOT THROW ANY LITHIUM OR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES IN HOUSEHOLD TRASH (or recycle cans!), FOLKS!
Frankly I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often-lithium batteries are everywhere now, and the means of safe disposal often aren’t readily available. ECUA would be doing itself and the environment a big favor by making it easier to get rid of old rechargeable batteries and devices.
Perhaps drop-off points for spent household batteries would reduce these incidents. I know they don’t go in the recycle bin, but obviously the word is not reaching enough people. I was taught by the company that I worked for to place each battery in it’s own little ziploc bag before placing it in a bucket full of household type batteries to be sent to a battery recycler. This was their practice.
If there are such recycle center options already available across the county, more communication should be published. (ie AAA, AA, button type, C, D, etc)
Not suppose to throw those away…