Battery prices may rise

CONSUMERS could end up paying extra for batteries under plans to recycle more electrical and electronic devices.

Battery prices may rise

Taoiseach Brian Cowen launched a battery recycling scheme in Tullamore, Co Offaly, with shops stocking bins where consumers can drop off exhausted batteries.

The midlands scheme is being run as a trial for three months before the Government extends the initiative nationwide in the autumn.

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