Residents in the Vale of White Horse are helping to lead the charge towards battery recycling. In a matter of weeks 4,300kg of batteries have been collected, recycled, and avoided being sent to landfill. If these were laid end to end they would reach from Abingdon to Didcot! Last month Vale of White Horse district councils, along with waste and recycling contractors Biffa organised for bright pink stickers to placed on top of residents' green recycling bins to inform people about the new scheme. Batteries should now be placed on the lid of the green recycling bin in a clear bag and will be collected as part of the fortnightly ‘green bin’ recycling collection. As a result of the promotion both districts saw a huge increase in the number of batteries being recycled through household collection. Cllr Reg Waite, Cabinet Member for Commercial Services at Vale of White Horse District Council said: "Thank you to our residents for responding to the promotion and jumping on the battery recycling bandwagon. The numbers left out for collection have been quite astonishing."