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Portland launches curbside battery recycling for safer waste management

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — People in Portland can now put old batteries out with their recycling.

A new curbside battery collection service started today.

Portlanders who live in a house, duplex, triplex, or fourplex can put their old batteries in a one-quart bag and then set it out with their glass recycling.

The program will help cut down on the number of battery-caused fires at recycling and waste facilities, the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability says.

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