Utah group strives to keep bad batteries out of landfills

PARK CITY, Utah — Americans throw away more than ten million batteries every day according to Cirba Solutions Recycling Services and one Utah group is trying to keep batteries out of the landfill. At the landfill, Ed Larrant, a lab pack chemist for the Salt Lake County Health Department explained the dangers of lithium batteries when they’re tossed out. Lithium batteries can be found in rechargeable devices such as phones, computers and tablets. “That lithium and what they’re made out of lithium, nickel, cadmium, they all could potentially get into the environment and would be harmful to water for animals,”…