Partner @ Fire Rover: Changing The Way The World Fights Its Fires; COfounder/Partner @ COhatch: Strengthening Communities & Improving Lives;
Thanks for attending my webinar, Colin Staub from Resource Recycling, Inc., and putting together this overview on this year's findings of my "7th Annual Reported Waste and Recycling Facility Fires" report published earlier this month. “Regardless of the operators’ experience, recycling general electronics comes with many different processes, such as disassembly and removal of lithium-ion batteries in products, which exposes them to fire risks,” the report stated. “Unfortunately, operators performing this necessary function for society are often left to hold the bag with most of the risk and cost of fire dangers.” The e-scrap facility fire increase ran counter to the overall trend of fewer recycling fires last year. Across all recycling facility types – including #escrap, #scrapmetal, #C&D debris, #rubber and #organics – 373 #fires were reported by news media, down 4% year over year. And in #materialsrecoveryfacilities and #transferstations, the trend was even more pronounced: 2023 brought 187 reported fires in these sites, down from 205 the prior year. The general #scrap #metal sector saw a slight rise, reporting 116 fires, up from 112 the prior year. If you missed the launch #webinar, you can watch at your leisure at: https://lnkd.in/gzvNX9AC If you would like a #digital or printed copy, the links are available at: https://lnkd.in/gsKXde6E https://lnkd.in/gFqKhtGS
