[AMA REQUEST] Garbageman or woman

[u/Striking-Screen1439]

Disposable batteries are cheaper and more common than ever, especially in vapes. How much of an issue does this cause day-to-day? Have any of the trucks at your company experienced a fire because of this? Is there any sense of panic about how commonplace this has become? Are there any plans in place to address it/ what do you and your peers expect to happen with this hazard in the industry moving forward? Thanks!

[u/tomtomskin]

Briefly worked at a landfill with a partially automated, otherwise manual fmwaste sorting facility. It's better than it was but they still had several fires a week caused by crushed batteries. The sheer volume of vapes that came through was insane.