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A national recycling scheme for batteries has made a powerful start, diverting the equivalent of 38 million AA batteries from landfill in its first six months.<br> The B-cycle scheme has doubled the national collection rate of loose batteries and power tool batteries since it began in February, to 16.4 per cent.<br> There's still a long way to go, but it aims to end the disposal of toxic batteries at landfill sites and recover valuable elements that are in limited supply: copper, cobalt, [https://www.yamahamalaga.org/ poker pkv] nickel, manganese and the so-called metal of the decade, lithium.<br> Libby Chaplin is the CEO of the industry-led, federal government accredited scheme and says the strong, early start is a win for both the environment and the circular economy.<br> The scheme is focused on making it ultra-convenient for Australian consumers to recycle batteries and drastically reduce the estimated 90 per cent of batteries that wound up in landfill before the scheme began.<br> So far there's a network of 3200 collection points across all states and territories.<br><br>But it's hoped that could swell to more than 30,000 over time.<br> The Battery Stewardship Council runs the scheme, which brings together battery importers, retailers, recyclers, and consumers to create a circular economy for battery materials.<br> Gerry Morvell chairs the council's board and says the process has its challenges.<br> "We recognise this has presented issues for the recycling industry as it scales up and adjusts to a role in product stewardship with its increased focus on transparency and accountability," he wrote in a report on the scheme's first six months of operation.<br> He said battery use was projected to soar over the next few decades, ramping up pressures on resources, and the need to recycle valuable materials.<br> "This growth is also leading to concerns about the impact of new energy systems on the long-term availability of resources and the economic and environmental impacts of the extraction and use of critical metals and other elements.<br> "The role for product stewardship with its underpinning philosophy of a circular economy has never been greater."<br> The recycling scheme covers the most common types of household batteries, such as the ones that power remote controls, gaming handsets and fire alarms.<br> Button batteries are also be accepted along with easily removable batteries from larger devices such as cameras, power tools and even e-bikes.<br> Mobile phone and computer batteries are not included because there are other established recycling programs for those.<br> Drop off points, including major retailers, can be found at bcycle.com.au.<br>
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Former acting chief executive Geoff Hogg admitted Star wasn't fully up-front with the Queensland regulator pkvgames when it changed a policy in order to conceal $55million in banned transactions from a Chinese bank.

Mr Gotterson found the company guilty of a serious dereliction of its anti-money laundering responsibilities, deliberately misled the regulator and had poor corporate culture with a 'one-eyed focus' on profit at the expense of patrons.

The NFL and the NFL Players Association have since said in a joint statement that modifications to the concussion protocol are needed to enhance player safety. (Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ken Ferris)

He was cleared to return to the Buffalo game after being evaluated for a concussion by an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant but his treatment has since put the NFL's concussion protocol under scrutiny.

But the style isn't just on the surface. It's also the deeper point of the game. In order to progress through this bloodthirsty tournament, it's not enough to simply knock off the bad guys — you have to knock them off with panache. 

Matches at Wembley are becoming increasingly common for the Lionesses, but Scragg is one of the few women to have played at the old Wembley, having taken part in two 15-minute matches against Scotland as a warm-up to the men's FA Cup final between Manchester United and Crystal Palace in 1990.

There's still a long way to go, but it aims to end the disposal of toxic batteries at landfill sites and recover valuable elements that are in limited supply: copper, cobalt, nickel, manganese and the so-called metal of the decade, lithium.

Her eight years with the national team were spent playing on boggy pitches that contained little grass.
But once she arrived at the Lionesses' luxury training pitch behind the impressive resort, she realised just how much times have changed since her first cap 35 years ago.

She replied that she was 'dealing with the report before us which deals with recommendations around casinos and there's enough in this report to keep me busy, particularly with the finding of unsuitability. 

‘I remember one Friday we were in Leeds and we were going for a little stroll to walk off the car journey, down a little cul-de-sac, and the manager made us stop at the end. He had us stretching, imagine opening your curtains now and seeing 20 England ladies in shell-suits at that time!

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is still going through the National Football League's concussion protocol and is seeing outside specialists, head coach Mike McDaniel said on Friday.

So it is with Rollerdrome, the name of a new video game but also of the violent future-sport it proposes.
You, as the rookie Kara Hassan, have to roller-skate around a series of undulating arenas, all while dispensing bullets into various hired goons and dodging any rockets that come your way.

'The Star does under the legislation have an opportunity, natural justice, to put forward a case about what should happen next so I don't want to preempt that but it is open to government to cancel their license, to suspend their license,' she said. 

"We recognise this has presented issues for the recycling industry as it scales up and adjusts to a role in product stewardship with its increased focus on transparency and accountability," he wrote in a report on the scheme's first six months of operation.

Mr Gotterson has made 12 recommendations to tighten controls in the state's casino industry, including for venues to go cashless with patrons to use cards linked to their identification and set with loss limits before they start gambling.

The scheme is focused on making it ultra-convenient for Australian consumers to recycle batteries and drastically reduce the estimated 90 per cent of batteries that wound up in landfill before the scheme began.

There's always another wash to put on. It creates an undeniably weird loop — between arcade sessions and launderette maintenance — but isn't that what life is like, anyway? Sometimes neon. Sometimes full of dirty socks.

"This growth is also leading to concerns about the impact of new energy systems on the long-term availability of resources and the economic and environmental impacts of the extraction and use of critical metals and other elements.

PETER HOSKIN: With Rollerdrome...You, as the rookie Kara Hassan, have to roller-skate around a series of undulating arenas, all while dispensing bullets into various hired goons and dodging any rockets that come your way.

There are about three dozen to collect in total, and all of them are actually playable. We have riffs on old classics like Pac-Man and Mr Driller and Missile Command. Just walk up to them, as the launderette-arcade's proprietor-turned-patron, and start gaming.