> $2 Billion in ANNUAL Waste Industry Damages

"Across the country, we have had facilities, recycling facilities be total losses, millions of dollars in infrastructure. We had a fire at our Tampa facility about three or four years ago. That plant was down for about three months."

"We're always sitting on the edge of our seat because the public is still throwing recyclable batteries away. "

"Lithium-ion battery fires caused by improper recycling or disposal are increasingly impacting the waste and recycling industry, resulting in heavy damage to or total losses of our members’ collection trucks and materials recovery facilities. "

"If we don't act on this, we're going to continue to see facilities and trucks burn, we're going to end up potentially with genuine injuries or significant injuries on our workers, and, dare I say, a death, which is what we're trying to avoid. "

"Besides recycling facilities, these batteries are a threat to the entire solid waste and recycling system, from collection to disposal, and impact our members every day."

"These fires can be challenging for fire services to deal with, have a significant impact on local communities and present a real risk to staff working on lorries and waste plants. "

"Our facilities, our trucks are catching on fire, not to mention the risk to our people. It's a massive issue for our sector. "

"This little fire has cost us over $3 million in damage."

"[We are experiencing] about one fire a week here in Florida in our trucks and also about one fire a week in our recycling facilities. "

"We now have seven companies insuring us—no one carrier wanted to take the full risk."