Nearly 60% of people in Japan do not know how to properly dispose of mobile batteries, while fires involving batteries are on the rise, a survey has shown.
Experts are calling on the public to not throw such devices away as garbage, as some discarded batteries have started fires in waste collection vehicles.
Market research company Cross Marketing Group conducted the online survey in late October, receiving responses from 1,100 people between the ages 20 and 69 across the country.
AloJapan.com