Batteries are indispensable for modern travel since they power everything -- from smartphones and laptops to medical devices and even e-cigarettes. However, their potential of lithium batteries to ...

The Household Hazardous Waste facility at the Ada County Landfill is now accepting more items that could be dangerous if included in general trash. Items with lithium-ion batteries, like e ...

A man was left with second-degree burns on his hand and waist after an e-cigarette battery exploded in his pocket. It happened outside a French nightclub. It is believed the explosion was caused ...

The lithium in e-cigarette batteries is the same highly sought metal used to power electric vehicles and cellphones. But the quantities used in vaping devices are too small to warrant salvage.

Items with lithium-ion batteries, like e-cigarettes and vape devices, can be dropped off for free for proper disposal. The Household Hazardous Waste facility at 10300 N. Seamans Gulch Road is open ...