Limerick people recycle equivalent of 12 batteries per year

Name: Limerick people recycle equivalent of 12 batteries per year
Uploaded: 2026-01-31T16:30:20+00:00
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Description: LIMERICK people recycled the equivalent of just 12 batteries per household in all of year, it's been confirmed...

Adam Leahy

January 31, 2026

Recycled batteries - WEEE 1 million battery boxes 1 — Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment & Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Alan Dillon TD and Leo Donovan, CEO of WEEE Ireland, pictured at KMK Metals Recycling in Tullamore. To support a nationwide New Year clear-out, WEEE Ireland will deliver 1 million blue battery recycling boxes to homes nationwide during January in a bid to capture a valuable hoard of waste batteries, as new figures show only half of those sold are making their way back for recycling each year. Photo: Paul Moore.

LIMERICK people recycled the equivalent of just 12 batteries per household in all of year.

That’s according to Waste Electrical and Electric Equipment Ireland (WEEE), who added that the Treaty figures are lower even than the national average of 16 per household.

WEEE said that only half of household batteries sold are making their way back for recycling each year.

To help the effort, WEEE is delivering one million blue battery recycling boxes to homes across Ireland this January.

“As people make space for new gifts received at Christmas we are asking people in Limerick to plan an e-waste and battery clear-out, ” said Leo Donovan, CEO of WEEE Ireland.