"Excellent Service - Poor Advice on Recycling"

Mum attended the Community Dental Clinic on Friday 30 December for a routine Appointment. All good. Whilst on site she visited Audiology to exchange some batteries for her hearing aids. She was provided with new batteries and when she asked what should be done with the old batteries she was advised 'to take them home and throw them in the bin'! Surely this isn't correct? The Packaging of the batteries even has a symbol which means do not discard but to recycle them. Batteries must be disposed of safely for the sake of the environment and in case young children accidentally swallow them for example. Please could the Audiology Service arrange to collect old batteries and recycle them and not simply advise people to 'throw them in the bin'.